Re: filename with new compile.el

[Reto Zimmermann <Reto.Zimmermann@synopsys.com>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> In the old compile.el there was variable compilation-file-regexp-alist
>> for this purpose.
>
> By "old" you mean the one in Emacs < 22, right?

Right.

>>  From the comments for variable compilation-error-regexp-alist it
>> sounds like this type of filename parsing is still possible but
>> I can't figure out how.  There doesn't seem to be an example for this
>> in the predefined regexp settings.
>
> IIUC the way it works is that you have one regexp that matches the
> message with the file name (can have nil for its LINE/COLUMN info), and
> then have another that matches the messages without file name (this one
> will have nil for the FILE part but presumably non-nil for the LINE and
> maybe COLUMN part).

Okay, I figured it out now.  Thanks for the help.

Reto