From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Recent" changes to compilation-mode? Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:15:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117715440 15750 80.91.229.2 (2 Jun 2005 12:30:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:30:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 02 14:30:30 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ddooa-0004Sd-5d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:28:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ddou4-0005XU-NU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:34:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ddomr-0001KW-8G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:27:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ddomd-0001Bw-Ge for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:26:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ddomc-0001BC-B4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:26:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.172.4.63] (helo=smtp04.mrf.mail.rcn.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ddodd-0001t4-Df; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:17:29 -0400 Original-Received: from 146-115-127-135.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO I9300.boost-consulting.com) (146.115.127.135) by smtp04.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 02 Jun 2005 08:15:12 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.93,161,1115006400"; d="scan'208"; a="42162513:sNHT20213052" Original-To: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 02 Jun 2005 02:40:08 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) 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:38043 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38043 Richard Stallman writes: > If I repeat the above process, but issue a build command that repeats > 6 times, and then I hit `f4' *again* during compilation, the point > moves to the 2nd error in the source window and then after only a very > brief pause, jumps to the final error. > > Is this result repeatable? Yes. > If so, it should be possible to narrow down > what code is doing this, just by inserting statements like > > (push (list 'place-5 (window-start)) debug-list) > > in various places. (Set debug-list to nil first.) Sorry, you're well beyond the scope of my understanding of how to debug emacs. I'm happy to try whatever you like, but I think I need some more guidance, e.g. a. Some examples of those various places b. How to see the results of my changes c. How to understand those results -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com