How do I make the compilation window in Emacs to always be a certain size?
Combining code from How can I prevent emacs from opening new window for compilation output? and code from http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CompilationMode, this is all my code for compile
, it provides you 4 features:
1). Use compile-again
to run the same compile as the last time automatically, no prompt. If there is no last time, or there is a prefix argument, it acts like M-x compile.
2). compile
will split the current window(always be a certain size), it will not affect the other windows in this frame.
3). it will auto-close the *compilation*
buffer (window) if there is no error, keep it if error exists.
4). it will highlight the error line and line number of the source code in the *compilation*
buffer, use M-n/p
to navigate every error in *compilation*
buffer, Enter
in the error line to jump to the line in your code code.
(require 'compile)
(setq compilation-last-buffer nil)
(defun compile-again (ARG)
"Run the same compile as the last time.
If there is no last time, or there is a prefix argument, this acts like M-x compile."
(interactive "p")
(if (and (eq ARG 1)
compilation-last-buffer)
(progn
(set-buffer compilation-last-buffer)
(revert-buffer t t))
(progn
(call-interactively 'compile)
(setq cur (selected-window))
(setq w (get-buffer-window "*compilation*"))
(select-window w)
(setq h (window-height w))
(shrink-window (- h 10))
(select-window cur))))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-m") 'compile-again)
(defun my-compilation-hook ()
"Make sure that the compile window is splitting vertically."
(progn
(if (not (get-buffer-window "*compilation*"))
(progn
(split-window-vertically)))))
(add-hook 'compilation-mode-hook 'my-compilation-hook)
(defun compilation-exit-autoclose (STATUS code msg)
"Close the compilation window if there was no error at all."
;; If M-x compile exists with a 0
(when (and (eq STATUS 'exit) (zerop code))
;; then bury the *compilation* buffer, so that C-x b doesn't go there
(bury-buffer)
;; and delete the *compilation* window
(delete-window (get-buffer-window (get-buffer "*compilation*"))))
;; Always return the anticipated result of compilation-exit-message-function
(cons msg code))
(setq compilation-exit-message-function 'compilation-exit-autoclose)
(defvar all-overlays ())
(defun delete-this-overlay(overlay is-after begin end &optional len)
(delete-overlay overlay)
)
(defun highlight-current-line ()
"Highlight current line."
(interactive)
(setq current-point (point))
(beginning-of-line)
(setq beg (point))
(forward-line 1)
(setq end (point))
;; Create and place the overlay
(setq error-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1))
;; Append to list of all overlays
(setq all-overlays (cons error-line-overlay all-overlays))
(overlay-put error-line-overlay
'face '(background-color . "red"))
(overlay-put error-line-overlay
'modification-hooks (list 'delete-this-overlay))
(move-overlay error-line-overlay beg end)
(goto-char current-point))
(defun delete-all-overlays ()
"Delete all overlays"
(while all-overlays
(delete-overlay (car all-overlays))
(setq all-overlays (cdr all-overlays))))
(defun highlight-error-lines(compilation-buffer process-result)
(interactive)
(delete-all-overlays)
(condition-case nil
(while t
(next-error)
(highlight-current-line))
(error nil)))
(setq compilation-finish-functions 'highlight-error-lines)
I would use something like this, freely adapted from the EmacsWiki:
(defun my-compilation-hook ()
(when (not (get-buffer-window "*compilation*"))
(save-selected-window
(save-excursion
(let* ((w (split-window-vertically))
(h (window-height w)))
(select-window w)
(switch-to-buffer "*compilation*")
(shrink-window (- h compilation-window-height)))))))
(add-hook 'compilation-mode-hook 'my-compilation-hook)
If the *compilation*
buffer is not visible, this will split the window vertically, resize the newly opened window to 10 lines height, and open the *compilation*
buffer in it.
You can customize the variable compilation-window-height
.