From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: [21.1.90]: point put at point-min in *compilation* Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702CD2B19@maileube01.misys.global.ad><6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702D254AF@maileube01.misys.global.ad> <86y79yrrdz.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702DB6689@maileube01.misys.global.ad> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202345078 19120 80.91.229.12 (7 Feb 2008 00:44:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:44:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, Simon.Marshall@misys.com, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA To: "Marshall, Simon" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 07 01:44:59 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 1JMusp-0001Lp-QE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:44:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMusN-0000VV-E3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMusJ-0000VF-Qc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMusJ-0000Us-EU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMusJ-0000Um-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMusI-0005Zs-Ob for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JMusI-0003VU-0D; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:22 -0500 In-reply-to: <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702DB6689@maileube01.misys.global.ad> (Simon.Marshall@misys.com) 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:88373 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20912 Archived-At: But scrolling still has to occur for you to be able to see if there's anything to read. That is not true. Starting a new compilation erases the buffer. So you will certainly see that the output has started. Then you can read it at your own pace. Or you can type M-> if I want to have it all scroll past. With a default of t, you only need to intervene if you see something you want to linger on - and only then if the compilation did not stop anyway because the something was a compilation error - and you get the progress for free. If it scrolls automatically I often can't even SEE if there is something I want to look at. And supposing I do see, by the time I can get my hands on the keyboard to type anything, a lot more output will usually have come out. My decision is not to change the default to t. Stefan said: Has someone tried to use my new compilation-auto-jump-to-first-error? It stops the scrolling as soon as the first error is spotted. I have not tried it, but it sounds like a good idea. Is it installed already? Perhaps it should be another value of compilation-scroll-output, rather than a separate option.