> On Jun 21, 2023, at 4:24 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> From: Dave Abrahams >> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:30:58 -0700 >> >> [I hope this is the right venue for feature requests. If not, sorry!] > > This is the right place. > >> When a file can't be found via the path given in a diagnostic, I'd like to be able to override the prompt that emacs gives to locate the file. compilation-parse-errors-filename-function happens too early, while the buffer is being initially parsed. A similar compilation-locate-file-function would be great. If there's interest I could try to develop a patch. > > Before discussing patches, could you please describe your situation? > Specifically, how does it happen that neither the compilation > directory plus the file name shown by the diagnostics nor the search > of compilation-search-path succeed to locate the file? And what would > the hook function you suggest adding do to resolve this, i.e. how > would it know where to look for the file? When Swift asserts, it doesn't write the path to the file into the output, because… reasons I grudgingly accept. So one needs to guess at the file. https://github.com/apple/swift/issues/66777 contains all the details, but if you want additional info, please ask.