GNU bug report logs - #2350
23.0.90; compilation-mode inserts output in the wrong location

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <erich <at> cozi.com>

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard M Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 2350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: erich <at> cozi.com, 2350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#2350: 23.0.90; compilation-mode inserts output in the wrong location
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:09:48 -0500

    This is a fundamental problem in `narrow': its meaning is ambiguous.
    Sometimes it is used to pretend that the buffer is really smaller than
    it is, and other times it's used just to "focus" on a subpart.
    The implementation (i.e. most of the C and Elisp code) tend to take the
    first point of view, but sometimes users intend the other.

While that is true, as a general statement, it is clear what we should
do to fix this problem: Compilation mode should widen temporarily and
insert at the end of the whole buffer.

Rather than using save-restriction, it should preserve point-max
as a count from the beginning (the value of (point-max) itself).
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 119 days ago.

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