Re: Transforming paths in compilation output (containerized builds)

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:45:15 +0200
> 
> Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 at 12:43, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> >> > > Is compilation-transform-file-match-alist what you are looking for?
> >> >
> >> > The variable talks only about errors. Does it apply to all messages not just
> >> > the errors?
> >>
> >> It is applied to all messages.
> >
> > In my experience, it is not applied to messages as such. It is
> > consulted when building text properties while fontifying the messages
> > so that the user can jump to error locations; but the actual visible
> > text in the buffer remains unmodified.
> 
> That the actual text remains unmodified is good, it's actually better
> since it doesn't reveal any private information/makes the output depend on the
> users machine.
> 
> As long as it applies to all messages it's good. Maybe the description
> or the name of the variable should be changed then.

Already done.