Re: compilation mode does not parse error messages from ant correctly

[Stefan Monnier]

> The compilation mode does not parse error messages from ant correctly.
> I have this problem with Emacs HEAD from this morning, but the problem
> is probably older.

> To reproduce, visit etc/compilation.txt. In the ant section, emacs
> highlights the filenames correctly, e.g. in the line

>     [javac] /src/DataBaseTestCase.java:27: unreported exception ...

> /src/DataBaseTestCase.java is shown with the compilation-error face as
> expected.  However, when clicking on the line with mouse button 1, I get
> a prompt in the minibuffer with:

> Find this error in (default     [javac] /src/DataBaseTestCase.java): 
> /vol1/opt/src/emacs-hg-sarge/etc/

> I. e. the default filename is the contents of the error line from the
> beginning of the line until the first colon.  That is, it includes the "
> [javac] " which is not part of the filename.

> AFAICT, this is due to the gnu regexp from
> compilation-error-regexp-alist-alist also matching the ant line.

If you'd used M-x report-emacs-bug, I wouldn't need to ask: what version
of Emacs was that?  I've installed a patch recently which rules out " /"
from some filenames and should have fixed this problem.


        Stefan