From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18209: Add ability to truncate long grep matches Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:44:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407347133 19481 80.91.229.3 (6 Aug 2014 17:45:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 17:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18209@debbugs.gnu.org To: Reuben Thomas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 06 19:45:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5H6-0008Mn-Od for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:45:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40336 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5H6-0000Yb-DP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:45:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51799) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5Gw-0000V1-1A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:45:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5Gp-0001AQ-3F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:45:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53697) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5Go-00019S-PU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5Go-0006ug-2Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:45:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:45:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18209 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18209-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18209.140734708726530 (code B ref 18209); Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:45:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18209) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Aug 2014 17:44:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60640 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5GZ-0006tq-GB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:44:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]:35857) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XF5GW-0006th-Ub for 18209@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:44:45 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74AFD84F3C; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:44:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 268B51E5B74; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:44:20 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 01B30B40CD; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:44:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Reuben Thomas's message of "Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:52:46 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82, MC_TSTLAST 0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:92203 Archived-At: >>>>> "Reuben" == Reuben Thomas writes: > In some files (e.g. in text files using newline as a paragraph delimiter) > one can get matches in very long lines that can occupy several screenfuls. > These are not always straightforward to avoid. There's no way to tell (GNU) > grep to truncate its output; perhaps Emacs could help here, by being able > to specify a maximum length of match to show? For bonus points, show part > of the line that matches, with ellipses, rather than just truncating the > line; but even without that it would be useful, provided that the > truncation is clearly marked: the annoyance and slowness of navigating > *grep* buffers full of enormous matches which are almost always not what > one is looking for would be great! FWIW, I have the following in my ~/.emacs: (defun sm-compilation-mode-hook () (setq truncate-lines t)) (add-hook 'compilation-mode-hook #'sm-compilation-mode-hook) -- Stefan