RE: [21.1.90]: point put at point-min in *compilation*

[Marshall, Simon]

> I don't see how your argument maps to support this as the most
> convenient setting.  Which is pretty much what this is supposed to be
> about.

My point is that with the default of nil, I always have to actively
scroll the *compilation* window if I want either to see compilation
output and/or compilation progress.

With the default of t, I only have to scroll if there is some
compilation output that I want to see and that it didn't cause
compilation to stop anyway.

Convenient is a good choice of word: with the default of t, for me, the
convenience is that my effort is minimised.  I never have to do more
scrolling than if the default were nil, and I usually have to do nothing
at all.

But I am curious in understanding how, if you are interested in
compilation output and/or compilation progress, you interact with the
new *compilation* behaviour.  Do you always scroll through the
compilation output?  All 20 pages of it, to use your example?  If you do
not, I presume you are not interested in the output.  In which case, the
default value does not matter for you.  If you do, why do you prefer
that Emacs does not do almost all of the scrolling for you?

Simon.


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