Can the 'compilation-old-error-list' or 'compilation-error-list' variables be used to detect presence or absense of error messages in the compilation buffer instead of string-match in the code below ?
Here are the doc strings for the variables - compilation-old-error-list's value is nil Documentation: Value of `compilation-error-list' after errors were parsed. Defined in `compile'. compilation-error-list's value is nil Documentation: List of error message descriptors for visiting erring functions. Each error descriptor is a cons (or nil). Its car is a marker pointing to an error message. If its cdr is a marker, it points to the text of the line the message is about. If its cdr is a cons, it is a list ((DIRECTORY . FILE) LINE [COLUMN]). Or its cdr may be nil if that error is not interesting. The value may be t instead of a list; this means that the buffer of error messages should be reparsed the next time the list of errors is wanted. Some other commands (like `diff') use this list to control the error message tracking facilities; if you change its structure, you should make sure you also change those packages. Perhaps it is better not to change it at all. Defined in `compile'. regards, sandip -- Sandip V. Chitale 181, Metro Drive Principal Software Engineer San Jose, CA 95110, USA work: (408) 535 1791 Suite 600 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.fairisaac.com Original message: ----------------- I added this to my .emacs ... It displays the compile buffer for a few seconds, but if there are no errors removes the compile buffer. (defun my-jde-compile-fin-hook (buf str) " Removes the jde-compile window after a few seconds if no errors " (if (null (or (string-match ".*exited abnormally.*" str) (string-match ".*BUILD FAILED.*" str))) ;;no errors, make the compilation window go away in a few seconds (progn (run-at-time "2 sec" nil 'delete-windows-on (get-buffer-create "*compilation*")) (message "No compilation errors")) ;;there were errors, so jump to the first error (next-error))) Add the method to "jde-compile-finish-hook". (jde-compile-finish-hook (quote (jde-compile-finish-refresh-speedbar jde-compile-finish-flush-completion-cache my-jde-compile-fin-hook)))
