From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: [21.1.90]: point put at point-min in *compilation* Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702CD2B19@maileube01.misys.global.ad> <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB76702D254AF@maileube01.misys.global.ad> <87ve51iyfp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202335796 22554 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2008 22:09:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:09:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, Simon.Marshall@misys.com, rms@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 06 23:10:12 2008 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 1JMsSw-00083n-Pg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:10:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsSU-0005KI-1O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsSQ-0005K3-Bq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsSP-0005Jp-B5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMsSP-0005Jm-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMsSO-0002PV-Ta for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JMsSO-0003JN-QV for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMsSL-0002OY-Oj for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:28 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMsSK-0002Nu-Qd; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:25 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAI6+qUfO+J95dGdsb2JhbACQLgEwnFKBAA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,314,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="13793158" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 06 Feb 2008 17:09:23 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.159.121]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id MYP72623; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:09:23 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BD9C67FD7; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:09:22 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ve51iyfp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:10:02 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:88366 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20910 Archived-At: >> > I would guess that a default of t for >> > compilation-scroll-output would be better that the current >> > default of nil, but YMMV. When I'm compiling, I generally >> > want to see progress, so I generally want Emacs to scroll the >> > window for me. >> >> Agreed, >> >> I disagree. I find that I can't read the output of compilation if it >> scrolls. Compilers are too fast these days! Now, if we could slow them >> down, maybe it would be ok to scroll the output. Any ideas? > Two different use cases here. For Richard, the actual output is > important; for example, maybe he wants to see compilation warnings. > For the others, only motion (scrolling) is important as an indicator > of progress, and they want to see the error (if any) or successful > completion immediately when it happens. If you use compilation-auto-jump-first-error, then whether it jumps to the first error or the first warning depends on your compilation-skip-threshold. Stefan