Re: Problem with compilation-start resetting default-directory

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> For a while I've been trying to track down an annoying bug where the
> default-directory of my code/magit buffers was getting reset. Thanks to
> the power of add-variable-watcher I've finally managed to track the
> culprit down to compilation-start however I'm unsure what is going on.
>
> I've instrumented compilation-start to illustrate the problem:
>
> (defun compilation-start (command &optional mode name-function highlight-regexp)
<snip>
> 	      (run-hook-with-args 'compilation-start-hook proc)
>               (compilation--update-in-progress-mode-line)
> 	      (push proc compilation-in-progress))
<snip>

Inevitably I solved my own problem shortly after posting. I had a hook
to hide the compilation window which did a delete-window which caused
the current active buffer to change.

Apologies for the noise.

--
Alex Bennée