From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Reto Zimmermann <Reto.Zimmermann@synopsys.com>
Cc: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: new compile.el
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:26:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd4cqjeqr.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49B1A6B0.2080308@synopsys.com> (Reto Zimmermann's message of "Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:41:52 +0100")
>>> 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-10 2:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-06 12:48 new compile.el Reto Zimmermann
2009-03-06 22:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-06 22:41 ` Reto Zimmermann
2009-03-10 2:26 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-03-10 13:25 ` Reto Zimmermann
2009-03-10 14:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-11 13:40 ` Reto Zimmermann
2009-03-11 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-13 12:46 ` Reto Zimmermann
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