GNU bug report logs - #12136
24.1; Allow faces specified by property lists in `compilation-error-regexp-alist'.

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Message #8 received at 12136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Oleksandr Manzyuk <manzyuk <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12136: 24.1; Allow faces specified by property lists in
	`compilation-error-regexp-alist'.
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:31:20 +0800

Oleksandr Manzyuk <manzyuk <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Unlike Emacs 23 in which fontification of compilation errors is handled
> by `font-lock.el', in Emacs 24, it is performed by `compile.el' itself,
> in a rather ad hoc fashion.  In particular, it doesn't handle the faces
> specified by property list of the form (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP2 VAL2
> ...).
>
> (REGEXP FILE [LINE COLUMN TYPE HYPERLINK HIGHLIGHT...]).
>
> Additional HIGHLIGHTs take the shape (SUBMATCH FACE), where FACE is an
> expression returning the face to use for the submatch.  If fact, only
> symbols are supported by the current version of `compile.el' and lists
> error out with the error message "Don't know how to handle face ...".

Thanks.  I committed a slightly amended version of the suggested fix.

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