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Compilation mode turns each error message in the buffer into a hyperlink; you can move point to it and type RET, or click on it with the mouse (see Mouse References), to visit the locus of the error message in a separate window.

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Reduce false matches of compilations errors

I am running Emacs 28.2. After I recently upgraded from Emacs 27, I started to get a lot of false matches in the compilation buffer. (They may have been there before, but I had to remove my ...
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Customize compilation mode for a new language

I am trying to add a language called lesim to compilation mode so that errors are parsed correctly. The error line does not include the file name. Among the ways I have tried to get around this, what ...
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How to get `compile-goto-error` to find files mentioned in `npm run` script output (i.e., relative to `package.json` rather than cwd)?

I develop an NPM package, and often use M-x compile RET npm run test RET and similar. It is very convenient that npm run will search parent directories for a package.json file, and then execute the ...
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compilation-mode re-run error check regexp

I have a buffer running webpack that I started with start-process. I use compilation-mode with a custom compilation-error-regexp-alist. When I first execute webpack things work as expected. However, ...
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How can I display the text from the compile buffer in the echo area on next-error?

I'm looking for a way to (almost) completely hide the compilation buffer. Navigation on next-error works fine and does not reveal the buffer if I have it displayed in another frame. But I'd also like ...
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How to prevent the character `^[(B` from being displayed on the compilation buffer

When I run the test feature of Rust in Emacs compilation mode, with ansi-color mode loaded, somehow the character ^[(B is always displayed like below: It looks quite annoying. Does anyone know how to ...
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Delete or hide compilation buffer when finished compile and run process

Recently I'm using this function which is given bellow, to compile and run C++ program. Everything works fine with this function. I just want to delete pop-up window (generated by this function) after ...
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How to revert to the default 'compilation-mode' behavior under doom emacs?

How can the "compilation" experience in Emacs be reverted to the behavior of a vanilla emacs installation when using doom emacs? As a long time user of "vanilla" Emacs, I am too ...
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Regexp for compilation-error-regexp-alist (react)

I try to add regexp for the compilation buffer (vite + react) for next output error: src/pages/MainPage/MainPage.tsx:18:18 - error TS2304: Cannot find name 'SocialMedia'. 18 <...
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Remove messages before and after `compile`

When compiling, how can I remove all output in the *compilation* buffer except output issued by my code itself? i.e. remove everything except the line(s) marked *** below: -*- mode: compilation; ...
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How to see color output when compiling?

Some compilers support color output, which I find helpful when viewing compiler output. GCC for example supports -fdiagnostics-color=always. I would like to build using emacs's compile mode which has ...
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Disable line number mode for compilation mode

I have set multiple modes to not show display-line-number-mode and recently I added compilation-mode to that list, but the compilation-mode still shows line numbers. Here is the relevant code, ;; ...
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Limiting compilation error to symbols that are not always loaded

At one point, in an attempt to make parsing of *Compilation* faster, I customized compilation-error-regexp-alist to a set of symbols: '(cargo rustc-colon rustc rustc-refs bash python-tracebacks-and-...
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How to change the header and footer of the comint/compilation-mode?

I have a program ~/path/to/program.py. In program.py I run compile (I usually do this with the second arg COMINT=t). I get, -*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "~/path/to/" -*- Comint ...
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emacs compilation mode under cygwin with mixed path types

I am using emacs 27.2 under cygwin and compilation-mode to build software and jumping to any compilation errors with 'next-error. The build system is GnuWin32 make. Therefore, I have to live with ...
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Compilation mode error output parse not matching

I've below code (add-to-list 'compilation-error-regexp-alist 'kbd) (add-to-list 'compilation-error-regexp-alist-alist '(kbd "^kmonad: Parse error at \\([0-9]+\\):\\([0-9]+\\):" ...
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Making compilation-error-regexp-alist buffer or project local

How can limit the compilation-error-regexp-alist to a subset depending on default-directory or even better (project-current)? My motive is that my compilation-error-regexp-alist contains too many ...
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is there a way to get two separate next-error lists so I can bind them to two different keys

I often have grep (technically rgrep) in a buffer/window and another buffer/window with a "compilation" of my active project in it. I would like to bind two different keys (e.g. f2 and f3) ...
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compilation-mode and next-error confusion

I'm going crazy trying to understand why compilation mode and next-error recognize some errors and not others. It appears as though we're long past the days of simple regexps for recognizing errors ...
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Adding a pattern to compilation-error-regexp-alist

I'm using the latest Doom Emacs on Emacs 27 with this config: https://github.com/gregghz/doom-config/tree/d3af4724cb4a5dd379645580698f7d24a5c3922a. I have this code to run a bloop command (like bloop ...
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compilation sentinel: symbol's value as variable is void for quote, >, <, =, etc

I'm working on a script that can compile multiple directories and then provide the first error to a file. Currently, I am tackling the issue of running make in multiple directories portion. I am ...
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"not in compilation buffer" error using compilation-next-error in elisp function

I am getting an elisp error that fails at lisp/progmodes/compile.el within compilation-next-error function that reads "Not in a compilation buffer". The elisp function I am writing attempts ...
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Re-fill compilation-mode buffer from shell script

This might require more tricks than just Emacs-fu, but since Emacs is at the heart of it I hope to get some ideas on how to approach my need here. I use Emacs/Make/gcc as my development environment. ...
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Skip over remaining errors in current file to next error in next file

tl;dr I am using :cn in Evil's Ex command line and would like to use :cnf as well, but it is not there, and I don't know what function to bind it to. Details As a former Vim user who is slowly ...
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How to Run a Context Sensitive Compile?

When working on projects which use multiple kinds of build-systems, sometimes I want to run a make command based on the project, without having to manually setup project spesific hooks. Is there a ...
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TTY allocation in *Compilation* buffer

I am using some complicated combination of Cygwin (for emacs) and Docker (for Linux environment) for C++ development on my laptop. Recently I noticed that Docker dumps lots of ANSI and XTERM ...
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How to use `next-error` and `previous-error` without the compilation buffer visible

I want to be able to use grep to find matching lines and to be able to jump through them using next-error and previous-error however I don't feel the need to have the match list on screen and it takes ...
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Programatically go to next compilation error

When I am refactoring code, I often need to make the same change in my files. My current workflow is often something like this: M-x grep for foo.bar.baz Go to first hit M-x replace-string RET foo....
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Why in compilation-mode do my go (golang) compile errors not include the column on goto-error?

When I compile a simple (incorrect) go program like this from emacs package main func main() int { } I get this result -*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "~/Go/" -*- Compilation started at ...
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convert regular compilation-mode output to inline view

It would be nice to show the info, warnings and errors from a regular compilation-mode buffer inline in the source code. I checked to see if flycheck supports this but it appears no. Writing a custom ...
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Configure compilation mode to use custom shell

On windows I have set (setq explicit-shell-file-name "c:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe") to use git-bash for e.g. M-x shell. In compilation mode however, the standard windows console still seems to ...
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How to kill a running process in compilation buffer in MS Windows?

I have tried using M-x kill-compilation and it doesn't kill the process (on Microsoft Windows). It just sends ^C, which makes my script to retry. When I try to M-x kill-buffer on the compilation ...
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Sudo caching on compilation mode

There is a command I run very often using compile that must be run as sudo. I wanted to achieve something similar to the 5min caching of sudo in a shell: if I keep running the command in intervals ...
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How to make process in compilation-mode think it's not running in interactive terminal?

I use minitest-mode which starts Ruby tests in compilation-mode: (compilation-start actual-command 'minitest-compilation-mode (lambda (arg) (minitest-buffer-name (or file-name "")))) Tests invoke ...
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capture and replay a closure later

I am having a problem working with closures. I hope I can explain this clearly. When I try to start a compilation I typically do it like this: (let ((dir (get-dir)) (model-root root) (default-...
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How to set imenu to a list of errors in compilation mode

I would like to use helm-imenu to see and navigate on a list of errors/warnings in compilation buffer. How can I do that? E.g., by setting imenu-generic-expression to some value?
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Highlight compilation error in compilation mode buffer

I know how to highlight the source code corresponding to the selected compilation-mode error. I also know about the little arrow in the fringe that points to the error in the compilation buffer, and ...
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Which regexp from compilation-error-regexp-alist is used by compilation-mode?

I spent a while debugging the regex in compilation-error-regexp-alist only to find that the regex itself is fine. My current theory is that compilation-mode is just actually using a different regex ...
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M-x compile --> emacs doesn't automatically open files

I have recently switched from an older version of emacs to version 24.3.1. And I have run into the following problem: I have a base folder "/base" and a folder with source files "base/src"; my ...
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Simultaneously compiling two or more projects with Compilation Mode

I haven't found a way to use Compilation Mode in two projects simultaneously. Starting compilation in a second project kills the compilation of the first. Is it possible to run two compilations ...
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How to move the point to next link?

Let's say the compilation error has some filenames with line number blah blah src/awesomefile1.c:31 src/awesomefile2.c:152 blah blah Assume the filename are parsed in the buffer and are links. Now ...
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How to automatically select *interpretation* buffer window

When I am writing a shell script in sh-mode and decide to run it, I hit C-cC-x (executable-interpret). An *interpretation* buffer is displayed, showing the script's output. Is there a robust way to ...
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compilation-mode: default-directory != src-root

I have subDirA with source code foo.rs. To compile code in bash I need: $ cd subDirA $ some-compile-command But problem is that compiler invoked via some-compile-command prints errors in such format:...
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How do you abort an emacs M-x compile compilation

How do you abort an emacs M-x compile compilation? I'm editing a bash file, and I "test execute it" by doing M-x compile. What I tried - googled:emacs abort compilation The file I'm working on is ...
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Emacs Compile Mode: Extra characters before filename result in bad match

In the compile buffer of Emacs 25.3.1, I am getting the following compilation error using Clang (the error message is given as it appears in the compile buffer line by line) : src/platform/linux/...
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Selecting an item in *compilation* buffer makes the item jump to the top

I try to navigate through compilation errors in my compilation buffer: I place the cursor on an error, and press Enter (alternatively, I use M-g n). What happens: the compilation buffer places the ...
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Redirect compilation mode hyperlink to external tool

I have a working compilation error matcher, that contains the path to a file. The compilation buffer correctly adds a hyperlink to that file and I can open it in emacs. However, the file in question ...
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compile-goto-error: be more consistent in choosing a window for display

I have a main window displaying buffer A, and bottom window displaying some project-wide search results. ┌───────────┐ │ A │ │ │ ├───────────┤ │ results │ └───────────┘ Hitting ...
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How to use a separate window for compilation output?

When building, a split view is opened for the output. It's possible to close this window, open a new window and set the buffer to the build output. However when building again, the other window isn'...
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How to syntax-colour py.test output?

In compilation-mode (or some similar mode), how can I make the default py.test output be colourized? I'm not talking about clickable links, but about just 'syntax' colouring the various parts of the ...
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