bug#70974: next-error: allow looping back to the first error

bug#70974: next-error: allow looping back to the first error

[Dan Jacobson]

C-s runs the command isearch-forward
When we hit the bottom no worries, it will just print a
message and wrap back up to the top and keep searching.

C-x ` runs the command next-error.
But it doesn't loop around. Nope. Beep:
compilation-next-error: Moved past last error
We must manually place it back up at the top.

bug#70974: next-error: allow looping back to the first error

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 10:41:50 +0800
> 
> C-x ` runs the command next-error.
> But it doesn't loop around. Nope. Beep:
> compilation-next-error: Moved past last error
> We must manually place it back up at the top.

I believe this is a feature, since wrapping around in this case makes
no sense, at least generally.  Of course, any particular
next-error-function could wrap around if the major mode for which it
is written justifies that.

bug#70974: next-error: allow looping back to the first error

[Dan Jacobson]

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 01:20:29PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I believe this is a feature, since wrapping around in this case makes
> no sense, at least generally.
The same could be said for isearch-forward.
Perhaps there could be an option controlling it.

bug#70974: next-error: allow looping back to the first error

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> Beep: compilation-next-error: Moved past last error

+1 As a long-term, and somewhat heavy, user of the Compilation mode
myself, I too find this behavior counterproductive.

Rudy
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