Re: Misc. minor compile.el issues

[Kim F. Storm]

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:

> > > > Related to this, I would like the setup function to be able to
> > > > access the buffer and/or window for the compilation process (e.g.
> > > > to set buffer-local variables).
> > > 
> > > AFAIK, you can use (current-buffer).  No need for `outbuf'.
> > > Am I missing something ?
> > 
> > AFAICS, the setup function is (typically) not called with
> > current-buffer == outbuf.
> 
> Huh?  The only place where it is called seems to be in:
> 
>     (with-current-buffer outbuf
        [...]
>       (set-window-start outwin (point-min))
>       (or (eq outwin (selected-window))
>           (set-window-point outwin (point-min)))
>       (compilation-set-window-height outwin)
>       (if compilation-process-setup-function
>           (funcall compilation-process-setup-function))
> 
> I don't see anything between the with-current-buffer and the call
> to compilation-process-setup-function which could change current-buffer.

Absolutely true...  I was confusing outbuf/current-buffer [which are
identical] with outwin/selected-window which are not necessarily the
same.  But I guess we can live without accessing the outwin...

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