Re: Overlay arrow in *compilation* and *grep* buffers

[Kim F. Storm]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:

> By ``bug'' in this case I meant a design bug.

Then we agree!

> It's at least a bad misfeature, and surely shouldn't be on by default
> in compilation buffers.  

on text terminals, yes.

>> > Also, the arrow feature is not customizable.  What about users who
>> > will dislike it and would wish to turn it off?
>> 
>> What about
>> 
>>  (put 'next-error-overlay-arrow-position 'overlay-arrow-string "")
>
> That's not what is usually meant by ``customizable''.

No, it was a _temporary_ fix, and perhaps something compile.el could do.

(unless (display-graphic-p)
 (put 'next-error-overlay-arrow-position 'overlay-arrow-string ""))


>
> Let me be sure I understand you correctly, Kim: are you actually
> saying that this is a good feature, the way it behaves in current CVS?

No.

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