Move general flymake configuration to an outboard init file

init-flymake.el

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+(setq flymake-gui-warnings-enabled nil)
+
+;; Stop flymake from breaking when ruby-mode is invoked by mmm-mode,
+;; at which point buffer-file-name is nil
+(eval-after-load "flymake"
+  '(progn
+     (defun flymake-show-next-error-in-minibuffer ()
+       "Move point to the next flymake error and display the error in the minibuffer"
+       (interactive)
+       (flymake-goto-next-error)
+       (let ((err (get-char-property (point) 'help-echo)))
+         (when err
+           (message err))))
+
+     (global-set-key (kbd "C-`") 'flymake-show-next-error-in-minibuffer)
+
+     (defun flymake-can-syntax-check-file (file-name)
+       "Determine whether we can syntax check FILE-NAME.
+Return nil if we cannot, non-nil if we can."
+       (if (and file-name (flymake-get-init-function file-name)) t nil))))
+
+
+(provide 'init-flymake)

init-ruby-mode.el

@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@
 (require 'flymake-ruby)
 (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook 'flymake-ruby-load)
 
-;; Stop flymake from breaking when ruby-mode is invoked by mmm-mode,
-;; at which point buffer-file-name is nil
-(eval-after-load "flymake"
-  '(defun flymake-can-syntax-check-file (file-name)
-     "Determine whether we can syntax check FILE-NAME.
-Return nil if we cannot, non-nil if we can."
-     (if (and file-name (flymake-get-init-function file-name)) t nil)))
-
-
 
 ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Ruby - Electric mode

init.el

@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ in `exec-path', or nil if no such command exists"
          (remove 'try-expand-line hippie-expand-try-functions-list)))
 
 
+;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; Basic flymake configuration
+;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+(require 'init-flymake)
+
+
 ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Erlang
 ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------