In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Kinnucan w rites: : At 04:23 PM 6/16/00 -0700, you wrote: : > : >I would really like to customize JDE in the following way: : >At present, the jde-compile command creates a compilation buffer and fills : >it with the output of the compile command. I would instead like : >jde-compile to create a compilation buffer only if error/warning messages : >are returned by the compiler. If no errors/warnings are produced the : >only visible result should be a message printed in the minibuffer saying : >something like "Compilation succesful", or "Compiling... done". : > : >I have been through the FAQ and user guide trying to find a way to do : >this, to no avail. I'd implement it myself, but unfortunately I am not : >yet a lisp programmer. : > : >Is there a way to do this that I am missing? : > : : No. It would require a fair amount of research and coding to implement. : Perhaps someone else may be interested in undertaking to create such an : option. If so, I'd be happy to incorporate it into the JDE. Here's a half-baked attempt - suggestions from better lisp programmers welcome: Compilation mode has a customizable variable "compilation-finish-function." Install the following defun and set compilation-finish-function to it. Note: if you use multiple emacs windows, this will almost certainly *not* do what you want it to do. Caveat programmer! Tested only on linux + xemacs, and not very extensively at that. (defun half-baked-compilation-finish-function (buffer mesg) "When compilation terminates with successfully, switch back to the other buffer, kill the compilation buffer, and delete all other windows. You will *not* like this if you're using multiple windows, so don't bother trying it if that's how you work." (if (string= mesg "finished\n") (progn (other-window 1) (delete-other-windows) (kill-buffer "*compilation*") (message "Compilation finished OK") ) (message "Compilation errors"))) Eric
