Re: How to keep *compilation* buffer in background

[William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com>]

"stephan.zimmer" <stephan.zimmer@googlemail.com> writes:

> After invoking the "compile" command the *compilation* buffer pops up
> and occupies half of the emacs window. Is there any way to configure
> this command such that the buffer pops up in the background?
> Alternatively, is it possible to automatically let the buffer be
> closed after a successful compilation?

I got this from somewhere on emacswiki, slightly modified: 

  (defun xwl-compilation-exit-autoclose (status code msg)
    (if (and (eq status 'exit) (zerop code))
        (progn
          (run-at-time 0.5
                       nil
                       (lambda ()
                         (delete-window
                          (get-buffer-window
                           (get-buffer "*compilation*")))))
          (message "Compilation succeed"))
      (message "Compilation failed"))
    (cons msg code))
  
  (setq compilation-exit-message-function 'xwl-compilation-exit-autoclose)
  
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