From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Weird stuff printed out by emacs rgrep Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:32:56 -0700 Message-ID: <004a01c9aa74$fbff2360$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <9ed8d2c9-e755-4c7c-9176-e5e97769c0d2@w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237674796 16477 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2009 22:33:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:33:16 +0000 (UTC) To: , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 21 23:34:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ll9lw-0004HP-7i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:34:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54270 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll9kZ-0002MS-Kn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:33:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll9kG-0002MD-7H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:32:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll9kB-0002Lt-I7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:32:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38840 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll9kB-0002Lq-Ai for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:32:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com ([148.87.113.125]:58842 helo=rgminet13.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ll9kA-0001b9-To for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:32:43 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet13.oracle.com (acsinet13.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by rgminet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n2LMXsFU011623 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:33:55 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt705.oracle.com (acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83]) by acsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n2LMWthN028856; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:32:56 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.4.133.20) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:32:35 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <9ed8d2c9-e755-4c7c-9176-e5e97769c0d2@w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> Thread-Index: AcmqbdNNutIlcvpaQQCgvLFqXobV5gABXpWQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.49C56B04.0113:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63184 Archived-At: > Is this perhaps an emacs bug? It would seem perfectly possible to > instead start something like > /bin/tcsh -c "env GREP_OPTIONS=' --color=always' find ..." > which would avoid the problem and any other similar potential > problems. Perhaps someone reading your post here can give you an authoritative answer. But I would say that the best way to find out whether some behavior you find problematic is in fact a bug is to report it as a bug (with a precise recipe for reproducing the behavior, starting with emacs -Q). People reading the bug reports are generally the best placed to filter such observations and pronounce whether something is a bug or not. help-gnu-emacs might help you in this regard, but `M-x report-emacs-bug' is probably a better target for your question. Especially if you are interested in discussing possible fixes (e.g. "it would seem perfectly possible to..."), file a bug report and you will likely get the informed discussion you seek. There is no need to be certain that something is a bug before you file a bug report. And there's no shame in mistakenly thinking some behavior is wrong or in not understanding something completely. Go for it.