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compilation-goto-error goes to wrong location when buffer has hidden regions

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Message #28 received at 1092 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 1092 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#1092: compilation-goto-error goes to wrong location when
 buffer has hidden regions
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 05:35:38 +0200

> From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:43:00 -0500
> Cc: 1092 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> 
> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I'd agree that either selective-display should be marked as deprecated,
> or the problem should be fixed. I don't know what the status of
> selective-display is, though - it might be worth bringing this up in
> emacs-devel.
> 
> Glenn, do you have a quick way to reproduce this starting from a clean
> emacs (emacs -Q)? This will make it easier for developers to reproduce &
> fix the issue.

Indeed, a clear reproduction recipe will be welcome.

Thanks.

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