bug#6937: 24.0.50; compilation-next-error-function parsing is dependent on where the cursor resides

[Chong Yidong]

Jed Brown <jed@59A2.org> writes:

> emacs -Q, M-x compile some C code which produces some errors or
> warnings.  The lines will look like
>
>   /home/jed/dohp/src/fs/interface/fsgeom.c:12:14: warning: unused variable 
> ‘off’
>
> Press "M-g n" once or twice, instead of jumping through the errors, the
> minibuffer asks
>
>   Find this error in (default fsgeom.c:12):

I've checked a fix into the trunk.  Could you check if it works?