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bug#2350: 23.0.90; compilation-mode inserts output in the wrong location
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#2350: 23.0.90; compilation-mode inserts output in the wrong location |
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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:25:59 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
> 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