From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: How to keep *compilation* buffer in background Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:48:27 -0700 Message-ID: <008101c93394$758b9c70$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <0f772658-4089-4f39-8407-af6b33637138@t42g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224604244 28879 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 15:50:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:50:44 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 21 17:51:42 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsJUe-0000nu-0h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:50:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47714 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsJTY-0005X7-DH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:48:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsJTF-0005X2-QJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:48:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsJTD-0005Wq-PA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:48:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56403 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsJTD-0005Wn-LB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:48:31 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:12970) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsJTC-00057H-4g; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m9LFmRcK008417; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:48:27 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt701.oracle.com (acsmt701.oracle.com [141.146.40.71]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m9LFmP1Z031479; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:48:25 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.55.100) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:48:24 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AckzkDq0QUOCbAZ8Seivf0mMKRkwfAAA3Dig X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58989 Archived-At: > > 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? > > Not exactly what you asked, but maybe customize > compilation-window-height to a small value, such that the window does > not annoy you too much. There's probably a simple solution, but if you don't find one: You could make it display as a special-display buffer with its own display function that either doesn't display it or displays it in an invisible frame or something. (add-to-list 'special-display-buffer-names (list "*compilation*" 'my-display-fn)) (defun my-display-fn (buf &optional args)...)