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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Here is an example of the kind of thing that keeps aggravating me.
>
> I've run a search with homemade grepping tool in an Xterm window
> The search results are printing to screen and running off the viewing
> area.
>
> I scroll backup up the xterm buffer and find a file name I want to
> open.

Does your home made grepping tool output lines in a format similar to
grep?  It should.

That way you can use M-x grep, change the command string to your home
made tool, then edit the file you want by clicking on the name in
the grep buffer.