From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: compilation-mode needs a tool-bar Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:21:53 -0800 Message-ID: <200802250821.m1P8LrvK020361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200802250316.m1P3G24e003756@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47C26AED.2030408@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203927769 15879 80.91.229.12 (25 Feb 2008 08:22:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 25 09:23:15 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JTYcD-0006hw-Lh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:23:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTYbh-0003pF-OC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:22:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTYbc-0003p9-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:22:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTYba-0003ox-Jh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:22:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTYba-0003ou-EC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:22:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTYbZ-0006pM-St for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:22:34 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTYbZ-0004JW-41 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:22:33 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1204532513.56056@yM4Cru16oH5RGWFxe6z4Xw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1P8LrvK020361; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:21:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <47C26AED.2030408@swipnet.se> ("Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dj=E4rv=22?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?'s?= message of "Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:14:53 +0100") Original-Lines: 37 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:90364 Archived-At: Jan Dj=E4rv writes: > Dan Nicolaescu skrev: > > It seems pretty obvious that compilation mode needs a tool-bar. Users > > are used to tool-bars for this functionality from other environments, > > and it's actually pretty useful > > > > It could have buttons for: > > -next error > > -previous error > > -stop compilation > > -restart compilation > > Or maybe even better the "stop" button would turn into "restart" wh= en > > the compilation is over. > > > > Please add this. > > >=20 > I'm not so sure. I usually do those commands while editing in some > source file. The only time I need to switch to the *compilation* > buffer is when I wan't to go to a specific error (usually with > mouse-1). >=20 > So adding all this to the tool bar of all buffers when a comilation > exists seems a bit extreme.=20=20 That's not the intention, the proposed tool-bar is just for the compilation buffer. > And having them in the tool bar for the *compilation* buffer is not > a big help as I imagine most do like me and are seldom in that > buffer anyway. Disagree. I spend a fair amount of time in the *grep* buffer, finding the exact thing I was looking for. The same is true for compilation, some tools produce hard to understand errors, so one needs to stair at them for a bit to figure out what is going on.