[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#801: closed (grep et al should use font-lock)

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regarding grep et al should use font-lock
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> grep et al should use font-lock
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> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:22:52 -0400
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> Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
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> Package: emacs
> Version: 23.0.60
> Severity: minor
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> (Filing a report for an old FOR-RELEASE issue.)
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> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg00548.html
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>     Because grep relies on compilation-mode, which uses font-lock to do
>     its work, so it forcefully enables font-lock.
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> It seems like a bug for it to work this way.
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> What it ought to do is enable Font Lock in an internal way, so it will
> put on font-lock-face properties.  These properties should be created
> regardless of whether Font Lock mode is enabled, but they should
> only affect display when Font Lock mode is enabled.
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> compile.el and font-lock
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> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:19:56 -0500
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> I've just pushed a change which makes M-x compile and M-x grep work
> without forcing font-lock to be enabled.  They also make the
> error-parsing lazier, so it may be faster in some cases (tho probably
> slower in others as well: speed was not the main focus of my coding).
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>         Stefan
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