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grep-regexp-alist doesn't match paths that contain spaces


From: Kevin Rodgers
Subject: grep-regexp-alist doesn't match paths that contain spaces
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:31:48 -0700 (MST)

Although the original poster uses XEmacs, Emacs 19 and 20 seem to have
the same problem.

--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: igrep 2.93 on XEmacs 21.1.13 Date: 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Dave <see.below@ibm.net> wrote:
> Recently upgraded to igrep 2.93 to get the support for filepaths
> containg blanks. Works fine except that the igrep buffer now won't
> take me to the matched file.
>
> The igrep buffer also says that igrep ended with return code 123 ???

That's just the return code from the system grep command.

> I used to be able to position the cursor on a line in the igrep buffer
> and just press return to go to the file and line that matched.
>
> igrep 2.93 just says 'no more matches'

The problem is that the default value of grep-regexp-alist (defined
in Emacs' compile.el, not igrep.el) doesn't match paths that contain
spaces (or tabs, newlines, left parentheses, or colons except as a
separator between a drive letter and the directory).

Try this, which is the same as the 19.34 defvar'ed value with just
the disallowed space removed from the path part of the regexp:

(setq grep-regexp-alist
      '(("^\\([a-zA-Z]?:?[^:(\t\n]+\\)[:( \t]+\\([0-9]+\\)[:) \t]"
         1 2)))

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