From: Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com>
To: Martin Blais <blais@furius.ca>
Cc: 12288@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12288: 24.2.50; compilation-start: Query for killing existing compilation process only if query-on-exit-flag is non-nil
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 02:21:40 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wr0d2p99@ch.ristopher.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1346523470.14751.140661122426041.16CA21FC@webmail.messagingengine.com> (Martin Blais's message of "Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:17:50 -0400")
Martin Blais <blais@furius.ca> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012, at 11:29, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>> Those processes that have a nil query-on-exit-flag should be killed
>> by compilation-start without a yes-or-no query. A buffer-local
>> non-nil value for compilation-always-kill allows me to achieve that.
>>
>> I still think a check for query-on-exit-flag in compilation-start is
>> a good idea. Non-nil query-on-exit-flag and non-nil buffer-local
>> compilation-always-kill feels redundant, doesn't it?
>
> Maybe what we should do is this (just an idea, not sure if it'll make
> sense to you):
>
> 1. Make the compile code check the process-query-on-exit-flag instead
> of the compilation-always-kill variable. This would simplify matters,
> in that there's a single flag that decides whether to kill the running
> process, and it's the same flag that's already being used for when you
> kill a buffer. One thing.
>
> 2. Provide a way to set the default value of
> process-query-on-exit-flag on compile subprocesses easier than the
> hook/comment. Suppressing the ask on recompile is a very common desire
> BTW--some people have packages to do just that--and IMO being able to
> customize this via a dedicated variable is valuable.
>
> What do you think?
This is IMO a lot more intuitive than having a variable that
unconditionally removes the prompt. I'd go for it.
Christopher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-02 1:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-27 14:56 bug#12288: 24.2.50; compilation-start: Query for killing existing compilation process only if query-on-exit-flag is non-nil Christopher Schmidt
2012-09-01 10:58 ` Christopher Schmidt
2012-09-01 12:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-01 12:45 ` Christopher Schmidt
2012-09-01 15:11 ` Martin Blais
2012-09-01 15:29 ` Christopher Schmidt
2012-09-01 18:17 ` Martin Blais
2012-09-02 1:21 ` Christopher Schmidt [this message]
2012-09-05 1:50 ` Martin Blais
2012-09-18 4:19 ` Stefan Monnier
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