Re: current compile.el issues

[Juri Linkov]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> However, I think maybe the context-lines idea could still work well if the
> indication was even more obvious.  It doesn't have to be flashing red, but
> perhaps an overlay with, say, a mild grey background color[*] covering the
> entire current error message?
>
> I gather than one of the advantages of the new compile mode is that it can
> see multiple erorrs on a line, so maybe this would also have the advantage
> that it highlights exactly which error is current, rather than just the line.
>
> [*] But if you make a new defface, _don't use a `-face' suffix in the face
>     name_!

It could use the same face as highlight-regexp uses to highlight
visited source lines (currently it's `region' face, but a new face
would be better).

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Juri Linkov
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