2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2084098d0c8..cf1fc8c0aa8 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-13  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * simple.el (next-error-move-function): New variable.
+
 2009-08-12  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
         * progmodes/grep.el (lgrep): Ensure that `default-directory' is
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index ad8e71fc6b5..a01073c5d70 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -183,9 +183,16 @@ of the errors before moving.
 Major modes providing compile-like functionality should set this variable
 to indicate to `next-error' that this is a candidate buffer and how
 to navigate in it.")
-
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'next-error-function)
 
+(defvar next-error-move-function nil
+  "Function to use to move to an error locus.
+It takes two arguments, a buffer position in the error buffer
+and a buffer position in the error locus buffer.
+The buffer for the error locus should already be current.
+nil means use goto-char using the second argument position.")
+(make-variable-buffer-local 'next-error-move-function)
+
 (defsubst next-error-buffer-p (buffer
                                &optional avoid-current
                                extra-test-inclusive