From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Recent" changes to compilation-mode? Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:02:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117787008 27678 80.91.229.2 (3 Jun 2005 08:23:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 08:23:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 03 10:23:26 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1De7Rj-0006Tr-6n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:22:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1De7XL-0005RJ-DI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:28:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1De7P8-0002P5-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:19:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1De7KI-0001du-PQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:14:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1De7JL-00015C-FA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:13:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1De7Bp-0001Ws-9D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:06:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1De78J-0000fJ-VF; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:02:23 -0400 Original-To: David Abrahams In-reply-to: (message from David Abrahams on Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:54:21 -0400) 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:38067 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38067 Well, my usual experience of being able to browse compilation errors just stopped working, and I had to dig through the docs for compilation-next-error to find out that the whole world was different. It would have been nicer if the system had detected that I was using the old variables and given me a warning about the change and pointed me at the new docs, or better yet had done the translation automatically for me. I agree that something like this would be good. I think something like this could be implemented as a superficial change that would not alter the existing code, and thus would be safe. Unfortunately I don't have time to do it myself. Could someone please study this and implement such a transition aid?