From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: subtle problem of font-lock in *compilation* buffer Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ejujxg42.fsf@furball.mit.edu> <87fyewpun5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158337754 19084 80.91.229.2 (15 Sep 2006 16:29:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:29:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, handa@m17n.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 15 18:29:12 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOGY0-0002Uv-1F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:28:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOGXz-0005zM-HM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:28:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GOGXk-0005yt-Hd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GOGXj-0005yh-0C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOGXi-0005ye-RO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GOGZu-0004mw-KT; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2DD2CEB76; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:53 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2E93FE1; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3DFCC6C9E0; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri\, 15 Sep 2006 10\:29\:41 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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:59880 Archived-At: > Sadly, it seems to be becoming more and more common for people to use > spaces in their file/directory names. > We can try to find clever ways to distinguish, as you've done here. > (Thanks for thinking of it.) > Despite the best we can do, there will still be some names that could > be confused with parts of compiler messages, such that we can't > distinguish. When that happens, we have to parse the compiler > messages properly. If someone actually uses a name that causes > confusion, we have to tell him "Don't use names like that." One problem is that he may not have a choice. His home directory may already contain spaces in its name (quite common under w32). Stefan