bug#17444: closed (Re: bug#17444: 24.3; cannot C-u M-x recompile (interactively) from outside *compilation* buffer.)

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

"B. L." <mrbean336@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi, thanks for the quick reply.  It could be that I am
> misunderstanding the use of recompile, but I have a quick follow-up
> question.  I have noticed that if I compile interactively (through C-u
> M-x compile), I receive an interactive *compilation* buffer that is in
> comint mode.  If I perform M-x recompile in the original source
> buffer, where I performed the compile, the code is recompiled but the
> *compilation* buffer is no longer in comint mode.  So in short the
> only way I can get comint mode to stay enabled during M-x recompile is
> to perform it in the *compilation* buffer only.  Is this correct
> functionality?

This was six years ago...

But looking at the code here, I think this is working as designed,
really -- M-x recompile isn't really designed for doing this, and the
prefix command is already taken.  So I don't think this is something
that sounds like we should be fixing, and I'm closing this bug report.

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