From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Flynn?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Grep suggestion Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:06:24 +0100 (BST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030812090624.85169.qmail@web11201.mail.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060679462 32066 80.91.224.253 (12 Aug 2003 09:11:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:11:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 11:11:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19mVBE-0004td-00 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:11:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19mVAF-0005EH-H8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:09:59 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19mV8U-0004Uc-JF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:08:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19mV7u-0003Pw-Ny for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:08:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19mV7i-0002vl-1r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19mV6E-0000mL-S4 for gnu-utils@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:05:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19mV77-00012v-RW for gnu-utils@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [216.136.131.171] (helo=web11201.mail.yahoo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.20) id 19mV6p-0008Oj-0i for gnu-utils@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:06:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [213.86.143.172] by web11201.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:06:24 BST Original-To: gnu-utils@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11740 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11740 Would it be possible in grep to have a flag to highlight matched text. This would make it easier to find where the match was on long lines. David ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/