From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: next-error-highlight = t - highlighting doesn't stay until youmoveto the next locus Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:41:48 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174887760 21463 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2007 05:42:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:42:40 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 26 07:42:33 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HVhyR-0004mw-FE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:42:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVi0d-0002m6-3m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:44:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVi0a-0002js-3O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:44:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVi0V-0002cB-Jm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:44:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVi0V-0002bs-Cj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:44:39 -0500 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVhyG-0003RY-PS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:42:21 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l2Q5gBnj025223 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:42:12 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l2Q4dISh002114 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:42:05 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw5-141-144-104-99.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2560959101174887708; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:41:48 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:68570 Archived-At: > Actually, `compilation-goto-locus' is the only place that does > anything with `next-error-highlight'. So this is a simple mismatch > between the code in `compilation-goto-locus' and the doc string of > `next-error-highlight'. Yes. > The current behavior could be desirable, and so could the documented > behavior for `next-error-highlight' = t. So how about implementing > the behavior of "until next time" as another option, and assigning two > values for `next-error-highlight' to stand for the two? Just as long as I can choose some value to make it do what the doc string says, I'll be happy. Thanks. [However, I cannot imagine anyone preferring the current behavior (for a value of t). Click the mouse or move the cursor and the highlighting disappears? How could that be desirable?]