mode, whose main feature is to provide a convenient way to look at the
source line where the error happened.
- If you set the variable @code{compilation-scroll-output} to a
-non-@code{nil} value, then the compilation buffer always scrolls to
-follow output as it comes in.
-
@table @kbd
@item M-g M-n
@itemx M-g n
buffer and finds no more error messages to visit, it fails and signals
an Emacs error.
+@vindex compilation-skip-threshold
+ By default, @kbd{C-x `} skips less important messages. The variable
+@code{compilation-skip-threshold} controls this. If its value is 2,
+@kbd{C-x `} skips anything less than error, 1 skips anything less
+than warning, and 0 doesn't skip any messages.
+
When the left fringe is displayed, an arrow points to the
current message in the compilation buffer. The variable
@code{compilation-context-lines} controls the number of lines of