Re: wgrep.el does not work on Emacs 26

[John Shahid]

I do not have trouble using wgrep with the emacs-26 branch (commit
71243f0b13). I use straight which clones wgrep locally. If you're
interested I'm currently using commit 1cdd7c1 of wgrep. That said, I
didn't notice any problems using wgrep with emacs-26 since I switched to
emacs-26 many months ago.

which version of wgrep are you using ?

cheers,

-js

Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> writes:

> Hi,
>
> since some time now wgrep[*] does not work anymore in my Emacs 26
> installation.
>
> I cannot be 100% sure, but I seem to remember it used to work with that
> version (I recompile my Emacs every month or so, refreshing its sources from
> the repository).
>
> Today I tried to dig into the issue, but with no luck. I then compiled an
> Emacs 25 just to test it, and no surprise, there it works as expected.
>
> On Emacs 26, its standard keybinding C-c C-p (wgrep-change-to-wgrep-mode) does
> not alter the buffer readonly state, but even when toggling it manually with
> C-x C-q the *grep* buffer remains unmodifiable; when I tried setting
> inhibit-read-only to t, I was able to change its content, but applying the
> changes with C-c C-e (wgrep-finish-edit) emits only the message "(No changes
> to be performed)"...
>
> I noticed that the normal wgrep behaviour of using a "green" face for the
> modifications (that is, when in wgrep-mode, altering the matched lines makes
> them appear with a green background...) does not happen neither.
>
> Any hint on where to dig deeper, or on alternative to wgrep?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> ciao, lele.
>
> [*] https://github.com/mhayashi1120/Emacs-wgrep