Re: how to make next-error work on non-grep non-compilation

[Jim Newton]

Here is what I settled on.  It seems to work.

(defun skill-vlint-present (file-name)
  (let (size
        (vlint (get-buffer-create "vlint")))
    (with-current-buffer vlint
      (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
        (erase-buffer)
        (insert-file-contents-literally file-name)
        (when (setq size (- (point-max) (point-min)))
          (grep-mode))))
    (when (plusp size)
      (switch-to-buffer-other-window vlint))))