RE: patch for next-error highlighting

[Drew Adams]

Any news on this patch?

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> From: Drew Adams Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:17 PM
> The attached patches of `simple.el' and `compile.el' add and 
> respect a new value, `until-move', for options
> `next-error-highlight' and `next-error-highlight-no-select'.
> 
> The value of `t' is not adequate in a one-buffer-per-frame 
> environment (mine, at least). The problem is that the overlay
> gets deleted upon the next command, and a switch-frame event
> can act as the next command. Much of the time, the
> highlighting is never seen, because a switch-frame event 
> (whether from the user or the code) causes it to disappear too quickly.
> 
> Regardless of whether you are convinced that that is a problem,
> I would argue that a user should be given the option of showing
> the highlighting until the locus changes, regardless of the next command.
> 
> The new value `until-move' does that: it moves the overlay 
> when you change locus, but it does not delete the overlay upon
> the next command. IOW, it does not put
> `compilation-goto-locus-delete-o' on `pre-command-hook'.
> 
> (Personally, I'd prefer that `until-move' be the default 
> value, because I think it makes more sense for others too...)
> 
> You may argue that if the value is `until-move', the overlay 
> is never deleted. Correct. So what? A user should still have
> this option.
> 
> In practice, it doesn't bother me at all that the overlay 
> remains, and I've been using this for years (long before
> Emacs itself had such highlighting). 
> 
> If you really want a way for the user to get rid of the 
> overlay, then let `C-u C-u C-x `' do that, by adding this to
> the beginning of the definition of `next-error':
> 
> (if (and (consp arg) (= 16 (prefix-numeric-value arg)) 
>          compilation-highlight-overlay)
>     (delete-overlay compilation-highlight-overlay)
>   ...)