Re: subtle problem of font-lock in *compilation* buffer

[Stefan Monnier]

>> How about by the spaces in the "file name"?
>     It would wrongly reject compilation messages for file names containing
>     spaces.

> I'd rather have that problem than the problem we have now.
> People shouldn't use such names for their source files.

Sadly, it seems to be becoming more and more common for people to use spaces
in their file/directory names.

OTOH it's still rather unusual to have " -" in a file name, so maybe we can
use that as a telltale sign that we're not looking at a file name (and
hence not an error message either)?


        Stefan