* lisp/progmodes/compile.el: Better handle TABs.

(compilation-internal-error-properties)
(compilation-next-error-function): Obey the target buffer's
compilation-error-screen-columns.

Fixes: debbugs:9749

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5e7e6cbb47e..59fab6d9107 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -621,6 +621,10 @@ view-diary-entries, list-diary-entries, show-all-diary-entries
 inserted by the compilation filter function, when calling
 compilation-filter-hook.
 
+*** `compilation-error-screen-columns' is obeyed in the editing buffer.
+So programming language modes can set it, whereas previously only the value
+in the *compilation* buffer was used.
+
 ** Customize
 
 *** Customize buffers now contain a search field.