Re: junk in *grep* buffers

[Miles Bader]

On Apr 7, 2005 3:55 PM, Juri Linkov <address@hidden> wrote:
> > It would seem much safer to do the translation of escape sequences to
> > text-properties in the process filter (maybe it could add a
> > `font-lock-face' property, so that the displayed result would honor
> > font-lock-mode).
> 
> When the process filter deletes escape sequences it is not possible
> to use compile font-lock machinery to locate column positions
> of grep matches in `grep-regexp-alist' and to use them while browsing
> grep matches in source buffers with `next-error'.

Why not use the location of the text-properties added by the filter to
inform compile of the column?

[What does font-lock have to do with it anyway?  Does compile use
font-lock these days???]

-Miles
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