On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> However, I don't see the need to add a new option syntax 'emacsclient
> --files-with-line-col FILE:LINE:COLUMN' to mean the same thing. Why not
> just use the longstanding syntax?


Hi Paul,

As discussed earlier in the thread, this patch enables compatibility with
tools like ag/grep/etc which use the FILE:LINE format for referencing
positions. I myself, use an awk script to rearrange the arguments to work
with the current +LINE FILE format accepted by emacsclient ( Ref:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00541.html ).

Having this patch installed will prevent the need for such workarounds and
we will have a harmony of using FILE:LINE format of position referencing
across emacsclient/ag/grep/..


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Kaushal Modi