From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: "Marshall\, Simon" <Simon.Marshall@misys.com>
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: Re: [21.1.90]: point put at point-min in *compilation*
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:02:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zludgk4b.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702DB6BDD@maileube01.misys.global.ad> (Simon Marshall's message of "Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:55:07 -0000")
"Marshall, Simon" <Simon.Marshall@misys.com> writes:
>> But scrolling still has to occur for you to be able to see if
> there's
>> anything to read.
>>
>> That is not true. Starting a new compilation erases the buffer.
>> So you will certainly see that the output has started. Then you
>> can read it at your own pace.
>
> Yes, you can read it by scrolling through it - that was my point above.
> With a default of nil you still _always_ have to scroll yourself,
> whereas with a default of t you _only_ have to scroll yourself if (a)
> you see there is something worth reading and (b) the compilation hasn't
> stopped anyway because that something was a fatal error. And with t you
> get the visual cue of progress status.
>
>> If it scrolls automatically I often can't even SEE if there is
>> something I want to look at. And supposing I do see, by the time
>> I can get my hands on the keyboard to type anything, a lot more
>> output will usually have come out.
>
> Iff you think you might have missed something, then you can scroll
> back.
Uh no, you can't. By the time you found the Prior button, twenty pages
of material will have gone by.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-07 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-04 14:49 [21.1.90]: point put at point-min in *compilation* Marshall, Simon
2008-02-04 15:14 ` Chong Yidong
2008-02-04 15:55 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-04 16:37 ` Drew Adams
2008-02-04 17:29 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-04 15:40 ` Chong Yidong
2008-02-04 20:50 ` Glenn Morris
2008-02-05 1:24 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-05 9:19 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-05 16:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-06 16:11 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-06 16:17 ` David Kastrup
2008-02-06 17:03 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-07 0:44 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-07 2:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-07 19:52 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-07 9:55 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-07 9:59 ` Miles Bader
2008-02-07 10:02 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2008-02-07 15:10 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-07 15:29 ` David Kastrup
2008-02-07 15:50 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-07 16:09 ` David Kastrup
2008-02-07 16:35 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-07 15:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-07 19:59 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-08 4:16 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-06 17:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-07 1:57 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-07 3:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-07 19:57 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-08 9:22 ` Marshall, Simon
2008-02-08 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-06 21:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-02-06 22:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-07 19:52 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-07 21:13 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-02-08 4:15 ` Richard Stallman
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