(Byte Compilation): Explain no-byte-compile

(Compiler Errors): New node.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lispref/compile.texi b/lispref/compile.texi
index c5615b0ec5e..583454efe73 100644
--- a/lispref/compile.texi
+++ b/lispref/compile.texi
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ Emacs 19.29; as a result, files compiled in versions before 19.29 will
 not work in subsequent versions if they contain character constants with
 modifier bits.
 
+@vindex no-byte-compile
+  If you do not want a Lisp file to be compiled, ever, put a file-local
+variable binding for @code{no-byte-compile} into it, like this:
+
+@example
+;; -*-no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+@end example
+
   @xref{Compilation Errors}, for how to investigate errors occurring in
 byte compilation.
 
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@ byte compilation.
 * Docs and Compilation::        Dynamic loading of documentation strings.
 * Dynamic Loading::             Dynamic loading of individual functions.
 * Eval During Compile::         Code to be evaluated when you compile.
+* Compiler Errors::             Handling compiler error messages.
 * Byte-Code Objects::           The data type used for byte-compiled functions.
 * Disassembly::                 Disassembling byte-code; how to read byte-code.
 @end menu
@@ -397,6 +406,21 @@ Common Lisp @samp{#.} reader macro (but not when interpreting) is closer
 to what @code{eval-when-compile} does.
 @end defspec
 
+@node Compiler Errors
+@section Compiler Errors
+@cindex compiler errors
+
+  Byte compilation writes errors and warnings into the buffer
+@samp{*Compile-Log*}.  The messages include file names and line
+numbers that identify the location of the problem.  The usual Emacs
+commands for operating on compiler diagnostics work properly on
+these messages.
+
+  However, the warnings about functions that were used but not
+defined are always ``located'' at the end of the file, so these
+commands won't find the places they are really used.  To do that,
+you must search for the function names.
+ 
 @node Byte-Code Objects
 @section Byte-Code Function Objects
 @cindex compiled function