# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 978260430 0 # Node ID 390058c38d27fcf72e6d0797241f9b6034695a08 # Parent 32348df5a438172a839c5f2d9a3a6952f8383e48 Add a cindex entry for compilation-scroll-output. Duplicate the variable's description in the Compilation Mode section. diff -r 32348df5a438 -r 390058c38d27 man/building.texi --- a/man/building.texi Sat Dec 30 02:29:22 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/building.texi Sun Dec 31 11:00:30 2000 +0000 @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ the buffer, it remains fixed while more compilation output is added at the end of the buffer. +@cindex compilation buffer, keeping current position at the end @vindex compilation-scroll-output If you set the variable @code{compilation-scroll-output} to a non-@code{nil} value, then the compilation buffer always scrolls to @@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ mode, whose main feature is to provide a convenient way to look at the source line where the error happened. + If you set the variable @code{compilation-scroll-output} to a +non-@code{nil} value, then the compilation buffer always scrolls to +follow output as it comes in. + @table @kbd @item C-x ` Visit the locus of the next compiler error message or @code{grep} match.