Re: separate compilation frame

[Robert Thorpe]

Ken Goldman <kgoldman@us.ibm.com> writes:

> In emacs 23.1.1, my *compilation* window goes into a separate frame. 
> next-error goes to the line of source in a different frame.
>
> In 24.5.1, the compilation window goes into a split frame.  Even when I 
> unsplit the frame, next-error splits it again.
>
> How do I get the emacs 23 behavior - a single compilation frame that 
> never splits?
>
> I've seen people post elisp code to get the 23 behavior, but my 
> intuition is that the customization is already there somewhere, and the 
> default just changed from 23 to 24.

In stock Emacs compilation doesn't create a new frame.  You must have
customized this behaviour.  The code you wrote to customize it has a
different effect in Emacs 24 than it did in Emacs 23.  It may help to
show that code here.

BR,
Robert Thorpe