Re: Parsing compilation error/warning not possible.

["Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>]

william.a.george@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm using Emacs on WindowsXP.
> I make compilations through emacs with an own written Makefile. The
> compilation result is presented on a new buffer. It should be possible
> to click on the error or warning message to go directly to the
> corresponding line in the file where the error is.
> But I can't make it happen. I have read a little bit about this, and
> what I could find is something about (compilation-error-regexp-alist)
> that should fix this in someway.
> Can anyone tell me how this should be done?

Generally you do M-x compile
Then enter the command to make the program, eg "make"
Then you can select the errors one at a time by pressing C-x `

This will only work if your compiler emits messages in a format
understood by Emacs compile-mode.