Small fixes

ecb-autogen.el

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 ;;
 ;; Automatically generate autoloads for ECB
 ;;
-;; This code is completely copied from semantic-autogen.el, the autoload
-;; generator of semantic.
+;; This code is based onto semantic-autogen.el, the autoload generator of
+;; semantic.
 ;;
 ;;; Code
 ;;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   (require 'silentcomp))
 
 ;; Emacs knows only a variable noninteractive whereas XEmacs knows both,
-;; funvtion and variable. Therefore we silence here the byte-compiler.
+;; funtion and variable. Therefore we silence here the byte-compiler.
 (silentcomp-defun noninteractive)
 
 ;;; Compatibility
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ does nothing."
            )
       (batch-update-autoloads))
     ;; XEmacs adds autom. the provide statement but for GNU Emacs we must do
-    ;; this.
+    ;; this:
     (when (not ecb-running-xemacs)
       (save-excursion
         (set-buffer (find-file-noselect (expand-file-name ecb-autogen-file)))

ecb-util.el

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ means not to count the minibuffer even if it is active."
                                             (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer . around)
                                             (show-temp-buffer-in-current-frame . around)
                                             (scroll-other-window . around)
+                                            (compile-internal . before)
                                             (custom-save-all . around)
                                             (winner-mode . around)
                                             (winner-redo . around)
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ means not to count the minibuffer even if it is active."
                                           (resize-temp-buffer-window . around)
                                           (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer . around)
                                           (scroll-other-window . around)
+                                          (compile-internal . before)
                                           (custom-save-all . around)
                                           (winner-mode . around)
                                           (winner-redo . around)

ecb.el

@@ -2928,7 +2928,8 @@ buffers \(like plain text-buffers) are used for updating the method-buffers.
 With FORCE-NIL-CACHE the method-buffer is updated with a nil cache too, i.e.
 it is cleared."
   (when (and ecb-minor-mode
-             (equal (selected-frame) ecb-frame)
+             (ecb-point-in-edit-window)
+;;              (equal (selected-frame) ecb-frame)
              (get-buffer-window ecb-methods-buffer-name)
              (buffer-file-name (current-buffer))
              ;; TODO: Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>: 
@@ -4493,6 +4494,7 @@ That is remove the unsupported :help stuff."
                (t "bc" speedbar-change-initial-expansion-list)
                (t "e" ecb-eshell-goto-eshell)
                (t "x" ecb-expand-methods-nodes)
+               (t "\\" ecb-toggle-compile-window)
                (t "/" ecb-toggle-enlarged-compilation-window)
                (t "." ecb-cycle-through-compilation-buffers)))
 

ecb.texi

@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ Tips and tricks
 * Using eshell::                Optimal using of eshell in ECB
 * Grepping directories::        Grepping directories with ECB
 * Working with JDEE::           Working best with ECB and JDEE
+* Compile-window on demand::    Displaying the compile-window on demand
 
 Entry points for elisp programmers
 
@@ -4594,14 +4595,15 @@ edit-window is first selected otherwise either an error is reported or
 some other special reaction; see the documentation of the adviced
 functions for this.
 
-For @code{other-window} and @code{other-window-for-scrolling} this
-makes no sense, therefore you can not enable this for both of them.
+For @code{other-window}, @code{other-window-for-scrolling} and
+@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} this makes no sense, therefore
+you can not enable this for them.
 
 Per default this is enabled for @code{delete-window},
-@code{delete-other-windows}, @code{switch-to-buffer} and
-@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}.
+@code{delete-other-windows}, @code{switch-to-buffer}.
 @end defopt
 
+
 @defopt layout-name
 Select a window layout of ECB. Value is any arbitary string. There are
 four different types of layouts: left, right, top and left-right,
@@ -4634,31 +4636,29 @@ changed the ECB-screen-layout by any action you can always go back to
 this layout with @code{ecb-redraw-layout}
 @end defopt
 
-
 @defopt layout-switch-to-compilation-window
-Switch-to-buffer...-functions switch to @code{ecb-compile-window}. If
-the buffer argument of @code{switch-to-buffer} or
-@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} is an compilation buffer as
-defined with @code{ecb-compilation-buffer-p} we will select the
-@code{ecb-compile-window} first. This is useful if you always want
-your compilation buffers within the compilation window and now within
-the edit window.
+Switching buffer functions switch always in @code{ecb-compile-window}.
+
+If the buffer argument of such functions (e.g.
+@code{switch-to-buffer}) is a compilation buffer as defined with
+@code{ecb-compilation-buffer-p} we will select the
+@code{ecb-compile-window} and display there the buffer. This is useful
+if you always want your compilation buffers within the compilation
+window and not within the edit window.
 
 Note the difference between
 @code{ecb-layout-always-operate-in-edit-window} and this option: If a
-switch-to-buffer...-function is contained in the former one, then we
+buffer-switching function is contained in the former one, then we
 always jump first into the edit-window regardless of the destination
 buffer. If also contained in this option then ECB checks the
 destination buffer and then selects the @code{ecb-compile-window} if
 it is a compilation-buffer in the meaning of
 @code{ecb-compilation-buffer-p}!
 
-Per default this is only enabled for @code{switch-to-buffer}. We
-provide the option for @code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} too but
-the assumption is that when a user asks for a buffer in another window
-it should always be presented in another window.
+Currently this seemes only making sense for @code{switch-to-buffer}.
 @end defopt
 
+
 @defopt layout-window-sizes
 Specifies the sizes of the ECB windows for each layout. The easiest
 way (and also the strongly recommended way) to change this variable is
@@ -5488,6 +5488,7 @@ situations.
 * Using eshell::                Optimal using of eshell in ECB
 * Grepping directories::        Grepping directories with ECB
 * Working with JDEE::           Working best with ECB and JDEE
+* Compile-window on demand::    Displaying the compile-window on demand
 @end menu
 
 @node Changing faces, Small screens, Tips and tricks, Tips and tricks
@@ -5849,7 +5850,7 @@ way to exclude things like CVS- or RCS-directories from the find-call:
 See the variable @code{igrep-find-prune-clause} of the library
 @file{igrep.el}.
 
-@node Working with JDEE, , Grepping directories, Tips and tricks
+@node Working with JDEE, Compile-window on demand, Grepping directories, Tips and tricks
 @section Working best with ECB and JDEE
 
 ECB is completely language independent, i.e. it works with any
@@ -5872,6 +5873,43 @@ command ``Create Source'' which allows easy creating new java-sources
 by calling the command @code{jde-gen-class-buffer}.
 @end itemize
 
+@node Compile-window on demand, , Working with JDEE, Tips and tricks
+@section Displaying the compile-window on demand
+
+If you like displaying all output of compile/grep/etc. in an extra
+compile-window (@pxref{Temp- and compile-buffers}) but you dislike
+wasting the space of this compile-window if you are just editing then
+you can get a compile-window ``on demand''. Just do the following:
+
+@enumerate
+@item
+Customize @code{ecb-compile-window-height} to not nil and save it for
+future sessions. This gives you an extra compile-window at the
+bottom.
+
+@item
+Add the following to your .emacs:
+
+@example
+(add-hook 'ecb-activate-hook
+          (lambda ()
+             (ecb-toggle-compile-window -1)))
+@end example
+
+This hides the extra compile-window direct after the start of ECB
+because there is no need for a compile-window at this moment.
+
+@end enumerate
+
+This is all you have to do. Now if you run @code{compile} (or
+@code{grep} or other compile-modes) then ECB autom. displays the
+compile-window at the bottom an display the compile-output there.
+
+If you have finished with using the compile-output (e.g. fixing
+errors) then you can throw away the compile-window just by
+@code{ecb-toggle-compile-window} - ECB will reactivate it autom.
+before next compilation!
+
 @node Elisp programming, Conflicts and bugs, Tips and tricks, Top
 @chapter Entry points for elisp programmers
 
@@ -6934,6 +6972,38 @@ JDE-dialogs will not work correct!
 This section describes all currently known bugs of ECB. The
 maintainers of ECB try to fix these bugs as soon as possible.
 
+@subsection Following the source-file link in a help-buffer
+
+This bug only occurs if a compile-window is used and visible!
+
+If you call functions like @code{describe-function} which displays a
+help-buffer in the compile-window, then you will often get an output
+like this in the compile-window:
+
+@example
+ecb-activate is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `ecb'.
+(ecb-activate)
+
+Activates the ECB...
+@end example
+
+The link to `ecb' is normally a clickable link, means if you click
+with the middle-mouse button onto it the file is opened (in our
+example @file{ecb.el} would be opened.
+
+If you click onto it when the help-buffer is already the current
+buffer (i.e. the compile-window is already selected before the click!)
+then all is working fine (i.e. the file is opened in the edit-window),
+but if you click onto the link without selecting the compile-window
+before (i.e. the edit-window is the current selected window) then the
+file is openend in the compile-window which is probably not what you
+want. Not a big problem but annoying.
+
+The only available workaround is, first selecting the compile-window
+and then clicking onto the link!
+
+Probably this bug can never be fixed.
+
 @subsection Extra history-entries for JDEE source-buffers
 
 ECB on occasions creates an extra edit buffer for entries in the
@@ -7237,6 +7307,13 @@ Can i add my own commands to the popup-menues of tree-buffers?
 @tab @tab
 Yes, see @ref{Using the mouse}.
 
+@item @tab @tab
+
+@item
+Can ECB display the compile-window ``on demand''?
+@tab @tab
+Yes, see @ref{Tips and tricks}.
+
 @end multitable