Re: current position of the compilation buffer should be the end, not the start

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 20:20:51 (+0200), Ehud Karni wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: current position of the compilation buffer should be the end, 
> not the start
>
> Add (setq compilation-scroll-output t) to your .emacs.
> 
> See the INFO node: Running Compilations under Emacs
> 
> [ It seems you have a lot of suggestions that have been already
>   addressed by the Emacs developers ]

The only problem is finding out about this stuff without pouring through
the manual with a fine-tooth'ed comb!

I've been looking for that variable off-and-on for nearly a decade!

Texinfo documentation is great if you're in the mood for reading a book,
but it's not very good as a reference, even with advanced searching
functions in your viewer, etc.  Half the problem is that there's no
permuted index (though that would require well written one-line
descritpions for each item), and the other half the problem is that
often related things are spread amongst many different sections.  This
variable is a perfect example since it is not mentioned in the main node
to which it applies (i.e. "Compilation Mode").

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