Re: new compile.el

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>>> How do I transition a major mode (vhdl-mode) to use the new
>>> compile.el? From reading the compilation-error-regexp-alist
>>> description it sounds like it should still work with the old alist
>>> but then it doesn't work right.
>> It should work.  Give us more details of the problems you encountered.
> Only error messages with a certain syntax ("<filename>:<linenumber>:") are
> found and highlighted, but not others which should also match regexps
> defined in the alist.  Just as if only one regexp from (the middle) of the
> alist is active.  The same alist highlighted all errors with the old
> compile.el.

How do you set the alist?  With the new code, the alist is not used
directly, but instead it's "compiled" to a set of font-lock-keywords
rules, so if you change it after "compilation" it won't take effect.


        Stefan