From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Overlay arrow in *compilation* and *grep* buffers Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:10:59 +0200 Message-ID: References: <01c548ba$Blat.v2.4$e4827900@zahav.net.il> <01c54909$Blat.v2.4$070f3e60@zahav.net.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114607643 28640 80.91.229.2 (27 Apr 2005 13:14:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 27 15:13:59 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DQmLL-0003uz-By for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:12:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DQmRG-0001l4-Kf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:18:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DQmR5-0001jo-5N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:18:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DQmR3-0001jE-5I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:18:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DQmR2-0001QQ-SD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:18:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DQmNT-0006QF-Sf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 1835 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2005 13:11:04 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 27 Apr 2005 13:11:04 -0000 Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: <01c54909$Blat.v2.4$070f3e60@zahav.net.il> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:04:54 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:36450 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36450 "Eli Zaretskii" writes: > By ``bug'' in this case I meant a design bug. Then we agree! > It's at least a bad misfeature, and surely shouldn't be on by default > in compilation buffers. on text terminals, yes. >> > Also, the arrow feature is not customizable. What about users who >> > will dislike it and would wish to turn it off? >> >> What about >> >> (put 'next-error-overlay-arrow-position 'overlay-arrow-string "") > > That's not what is usually meant by ``customizable''. No, it was a _temporary_ fix, and perhaps something compile.el could do. (unless (display-graphic-p) (put 'next-error-overlay-arrow-position 'overlay-arrow-string "")) > > Let me be sure I understand you correctly, Kim: are you actually > saying that this is a good feature, the way it behaves in current CVS? No. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk