From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#2350: 23.0.90; compilation-mode inserts output in the wrong location Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:25:59 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 2350@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234968590 13595 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2009 14:49:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2350@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, erich@cozi.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 18 15:51:06 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LZnlR-0004KR-Ol for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:51:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57425 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZnk7-0003Rt-M9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:49:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZneN-0000Zt-2q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:43:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZneL-0000Xy-94 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:43:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53015 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZneH-0000XA-OS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:54841) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZneG-0003Mv-T6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1IEhZxw023376; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:43:38 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1IEU47b018973; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:30:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2350 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.123496716618529 (code B ref -1); Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Feb 2009 14:26:06 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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Stallman's message of "Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:09:48 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:43:45 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:25407 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23932 Archived-At: > This is a fundamental problem in `narrow': its meaning is ambiguous. > Sometimes it is used to pretend that the buffer is really smaller than > it is, and other times it's used just to "focus" on a subpart. > The implementation (i.e. most of the C and Elisp code) tend to take the > first point of view, but sometimes users intend the other. > While that is true, as a general statement, it is clear what we should > do to fix this problem: Compilation mode should widen temporarily and > insert at the end of the whole buffer. But what isn't clear is whether it's always the right thing to do: it's clear in this particular use of narrow, but there might be other uses of narrow in conjunction with compilation buffers where it would be the wrong thing to do. Stefan