RE: [21.1.90]: point put at point-min in *compilation*

["Marshall, Simon" <Simon.Marshall@misys.com>]

> From: Richard Stallman [mailto:rms@gnu.org] 
> 
>     In 21.1.90, point is placed at point-min, so that you have to
actively
>     scroll the window to see compilation output.  I really don't like
it!
> 
> I made that change because someone complained about the old behavior.
> The old behavior is inconsistent, doing one thing in the 
> first compilation
> and something else in a recompilation.
> 
> The new behavior is consistent: it does the same thing for the second
> compilation and the first.

Ok.

Glenn Morris pointed out that I could use compilation-scroll-output and
grep-scroll-output to change the behaviour.  However, they aren't
mentioned in NEWS and they are not autoloaded, so I wasn't able to
discover what to do about this change.

I don't know what the guidelines are for autoloading custom options, but
perhaps at least there should be a NEWS entry to explain the change to
this behaviour, with a mention of these options (and any other
equivalents for other similar modes)?  

I would guess that a default of t for compilation-scroll-output would be
better that the current default of nil, but YMMV.  When I'm compiling, I
generally want to see progress, so I generally want Emacs to scroll the
window for me.

Simon.


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