Re: Sentinel interfering with compile's mode line update

[Stefan Monnier]

> I wrote a function to compile the MH-E manual and to start info when the
> compilation finishes. As you all know, when (compile) runs, it adds
> "Compiling" to all of the mode lines. When the compilation finishes,
> this text is removed.

And this text is removed by ... the process sentinel.

> However, with the set-process-sentinel line in the function below, the
> "Compiling" text is never removed from the mode line.

Because you replace the process sentinel with another.


        Stefan