bug#69317: 30.0.50; RFE: not waiting for a permission to kill a dead process

[Eli Zaretskii]

severity 69317 wishlist
thanks

> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:18:59 -0500
> 
> When I hit g (recompile) in a *Compilation* buffer while the previous
> compilation is not done yet, I am asked whether I want compilation
> killed. If I wait for it to finish, I get the echo area look like this: 
> 
> A compilation process is running; kill it? (y or n) [Compilation finished]
> 
> It would be nice if as soon as the compilation finished, the question
> automatically disappeared and the compilation restarted.
> 
> I looked at the source code, but I see not simple way to make it happen.
> 
> NB1. Of course, this requested change should also affect
> `process-kill-buffer-query-function`...
> 
> NB2. compilation-always-kill is not what I want: it kills the
> compilation right away. I want Emacs not to wait for my permission to
> kill an already dead process.
> 
> 
> See also https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/80383/795

Patches to implement that are welcome.