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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2017-02-04 14:30:48 +1300 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2017-02-04 14:30:48 +1300 |
| commit | 1ccea6184566a6fe3f8a247f2bcd060e64b89694 (patch) | |
| tree | 07506379c43c21e16275317b45b7149a10663ca7 /IDEAS.markdown | |
| parent | Add an idea (diff) | |
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Remove idea about --color switches
Nope, we really do need to test the terminal. The source for GNU grep(1)
even says (grep.c):
>It would be impractical for GNU grep to become a full-fledged terminal
>program linked against ncurses or the like, so it will not detect
>terminfo(5) capabilities.
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diff --git a/IDEAS.markdown b/IDEAS.markdown index f9071fc4..664181ee 100644 --- a/IDEAS.markdown +++ b/IDEAS.markdown @@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ Ideas * ad() could be more intelligent; if there's only one directory that matches the *whole pattern*, we can assume it's safe to use that one, rather than stopping each time any node has more than one match -* It seems likely that testing the terminal with tput to check if we can use - --color with GNU grep(1) or ls(1) is overkill--I suspect it probably tests - that internally, which would simplify the function wrappers. Need to check - the source probably. |