bug#4359: 23.1.50; ^G in M-x grep mode with git grep

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

>> This would be an ad-hoc workaround that does not work for the next
>> tool.  What is needed is that the command is called such that git or
>> the pager doesn't think they are in an interactive environment.
>
> That is easy, use a pipe instead of a pty (see process-connection-type).

Are there any reasons why `M-x grep' and friends
(i.e. `compilation-start', really) shouldn't bind
`process-connection-type' to nil?

That is, do any of the `compile'-derived functions need a pty?

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