Re: Format of compilation-error-regexp-alist-alist

[Kevin Rodgers]

Lennart Borgman wrote:
> I do not understand the format of `compilation-error-regexp-alist-alist. 
> I can not find in the documentation how the first element in the entries 
> are used. Where is absoft, ada, aix etc used? If I want to add a new 
> entry to the alist for support of a new command what should this new 
> command output to match the names (absoft, ada etc)?
>
> Am I missing something in the documentation?

Well, it's doc string says:

| Alist of values for `compilation-error-regexp-alist'

And if you click on the link in the *Help* buffer, that
variable's doc string says:

| Instead of an alist element, you can use a symbol, which is
| looked up in `compilation-error-regexp-alist-alist'.  You can see
| the predefined symbols and their effects in the file
| `etc/compilation.txt' (linked below if you are customizing this).

So I think a new command should have its own symbol.

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Kevin Rodgers