[debbugs-tracker] bug#20728: closed (25.0.50; grep and grep-find templates should have a place holder for the --color argument)

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have a place holder for the --color argument
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regarding 25.0.50; grep and grep-find templates should have a place holder for 
the --color argument
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> Thu, 04 Jun 2015 02:42:58 +0300
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> And fill it in dynamically during expansion.
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> This way, the caller can set grep-highlight-matches dynamically, without
> recomputing grep defaults (which is expensive). This is particularly
> relevant on MS-Windows, in semantic-symref-grep-use-template and
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> On 06/12/2015 02:20 AM, Juri Linkov wrote:
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> > Yes, it's out of the question that we should keep the original letters.
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> I've just pushed a commit that reuses <C> for both -i and --color 
> (<C>ase and <C>olor, we can still pretend it's mnemonical), simply 
> because there are templates out there with <C> in them, which do not 
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> If anyone really wants to change it to <O>, be my guest.
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> > I wonder how many third-party code uses the templates with <N>
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> I haven't found any. OTOH, it doesn't hurt anyone either. Maybe the 
> right change would be to make the code use it, actually. Are there use 
> cases for changing the value of null-decide dynamically?
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> And speaking of needs, what is the use case for "--color" without 
> "always"? Instead of special-casing Windows and DOS, why don't we always 
> use `always' for coloring?
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