Subject: Re: bug#1092: compilation-goto-error goes to wrong location when buffer has hidden regions

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:07 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> For what it's worth, I'd recommend you fix this problem by not using
> selective-display (replace it with an overlay).

Should `selective-display' be marked as obsolete?
(I kind of thought it was, but it does not seem to be.)
Can it do anything that other methods of making regions invisible
cannot?