From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tak Ota Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: compilation-highlight-duration Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 13:59:39 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Sony Electronics Inc. Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040505.135939.147933766.Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com> References: <20040504.075437.207586641.Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083792923 23745 80.91.224.253 (5 May 2004 21:35:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 21:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed May 05 23:35:11 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BLU2o-0005HE-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 23:35:10 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BLU2n-0004fj-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 23:35:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLTmy-0002ro-T8 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 17:18:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLTZk-00062O-69 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 17:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLTVz-0004KZ-0x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 17:01:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [160.33.82.68] (helo=mail1.fw-sj.sony.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BLTV2-0003XO-6Z; Wed, 05 May 2004 17:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com (mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com [43.134.1.211]) by mail1.fw-sj.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i45Kxw3x023335; Wed, 5 May 2004 21:00:03 GMT Original-Received: from localhost ([43.191.16.116]) by mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i45Kxhd8021719; Wed, 5 May 2004 20:59:43 GMT Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Telephone: +1-858-942-3239 X-Fax------: +1-858-942-9142 X-SnailMail: 16450 West Bernardo Drive MZ7205, San Diego, CA 92127-1804 X-Mailer: Mew-4.0.65 on Emacs-21.3.50.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) of 2004-05-03 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22818 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22818 Wed, 05 May 2004 16:20:23 -0400: Richard Stallman wrote: > Your question is understandable in case of `next-error' where cursor > lands directly on the subject line. The suggested user control is > useful in case of `next-error-no-select' which is used in Grep mode. > > Could you explain why and how you use next-error-no-select in Grep > mode? I would have thought that is something useful only for programs > to call. I don't see a use for next-error-no-select has, except as a > subroutine to build other things on. It is not my choice. I use the functions by typing 'n' and 'p' in the *grep* buffer, defined in grep-mode-map. As long as the highlight does not disappear too quickly I feel comfortable with this user interface. > So I tend to think that the caller of next-error-no-select should > arrange to show the user the line in question. next-error-no-select > should not do so itself. I don't disagree with you how it should be fixed. I'm just suggesting that current momentary line flashing can be annoying to some people including myself. -Tak