no binding to suspend a compilation

no binding to suspend a compilation

[Dan Jacobson]

When we hit C-h m in the *compilation* buffer, we don't get the tidy
table of keystrokes, just this English blurb about them.

Also there is no keystroke to suspend the compilation. To send it a
C-z, so to say.

I mean I had to go dig up its PID and send it a
$ kill -STOP

And of course remember also a binding to restart it later.

kill-compilation is not always the appropriate choice for stopping things.

Re: no binding to suspend a compilation

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
 > When we hit C-h m in the *compilation* buffer, we don't get the tidy
 > table of keystrokes, just this English blurb about them.

Type `C-h b' for a comprehensive list of key bindings.

 > Also there is no keystroke to suspend the compilation. To send it a
 > C-z, so to say.
 >
 > I mean I had to go dig up its PID and send it a
 > $ kill -STOP
 >
 > And of course remember also a binding to restart it later.
 >
 > kill-compilation is not always the appropriate choice for stopping things.

Given the very simple definition of kill-compilation (7 lines of lisp)
in compile.el and the availability of stop-process and
continue-process in process.c, it would be trivial to implement new
stop-compilation and continue-compilation commands and bind keys to
them in compilation-minor-mode-map (where `C-c C-k' is bound to
kill-compilation).

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: no binding to suspend a compilation

[Dan Jacobson]

     When we hit C-h m in the *compilation* buffer, we don't get the tidy
     table of keystrokes, just this English blurb about them.

RMS> Why is that a problem?
"I want my standard table of bindings, just like my Cheerios for
breakfast. Otherwise my day starts off incorrect."

RMS> Are commands missing?

Well, if there were, they wouldn't be missing if you automatically
generated the table,

RMS> If so, which ones?

Well, OK, I thus hit C-h b, and low and behold:

Major Mode Bindings: [By the way, DO say _which_ major mode, here in C-h b]
key             binding
---             -------

:		compilation-send-line:tt
q		quit-window
DEL		scroll-down
SPC		scroll-up
ESC		Prefix Command
RET		compile-goto-error
C-c		Prefix Command
<mouse-2>	compile-mouse-goto-error

ESC }		compilation-next-file
ESC {		compilation-previous-file
ESC p		compilation-previous-error
ESC n		compilation-next-error

C-c C-k		kill-compilation
C-c C-c		compile-goto-error

Plenty more than frozen C-h m tells us. Lots apparently from my
.emacs. All fair game.

So what do you think about that, Stallllman, as Austin Powers would
say :-) :-) :-)