Re: flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line does not work under -nw

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Another possibility is to add the error message to the after-text or
> > before-text of the overlay that flymake put on the line. However I do
> > not think the text should be added to the overlay until the user
> > requests it, otherwise the lines in the buffer will be jumping in an
> > uncontrolled way.
> >
> > Eh, but adding it to the overlay will mean that the buffer lines jumps
> > afterward when flymake is removing the overlay.
>
> I'll have to check out doing this via overlays. I don't find any mention
> of after-text or before-text in the Emacs sources however.

Sorry, it should be 'after-string and 'before-string (but I do not think 
using them here will be very good).

  (info "(elips) Overlay Properties")

> > Maybe it is better to check use-dialog-box?
>
> I'm sorry but I don't understand, to do what? Check if we should use
> flymake-display-err-menu-for-current-line?

I thought you said that popup menus are not supported always. I believe 
use-dialog-box should be nil if they are not (or if the user does not 
want popup messages).