GNU bug report logs - #1092
compilation-goto-error goes to wrong location when buffer has hidden regions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Sanford <pms.mail <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Peter Sanford <pms.mail <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1092 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1092: compilation-goto-error goes to wrong location when buffer has hidden regions
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:50:14 -0400

> I have the copyright region at the head of my files hidden using
> selective-display and ^M. When this region is hidden functions like
> compilation-goto-error jump to the wrong location: n lines below the correct
> location where n is the number of hidden lines. If I use goto-line and the
> line number reported in the compilation buffer, emacs takes me to the
> correct line.

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


        Stefan
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