RE: next-error-highlight = t - highlighting doesn't stay until you moveto the next locus

[Drew Adams]

> > The doc string says:
> >
> > "If t, highlight the locus indefinitely until some
> >  other locus replaces it."
> >
> > I wish it were so. However, the code says this:
> >
> > (if (or (eq next-error-highlight t)
> >         (numberp next-error-highlight))
> >     ;; We want highlighting:
> >     ;; delete overlay on next input.  <---------- NOT GOOD
> >     (add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'compilation-goto-locus-delete-o)
> > ...
>
> I cannot find this code in the current CVS version of simple.el
> (assuming that this where you take it from).  Please see if the latest
> code still has the problem.

Yes, the latest code in CVS still has the problem. See the definition of
`compilation-goto-locus' in compile.el. Thanks for looking into this.