Question

By default, emacs 22.1.1 only shows the top of the compilation buffer when you first issue the compile command. I would like it to scroll to the bottom automatically when I use the compile command in order to save keystrokes. This way I can easily get a status of the current compilation by just looking at the compile buffer and seeing which files are currently being compiled instead of having to switch windows and scroll to the bottom of the buffer. Any ideas?

Answer 1

From Info > emacs > Compilation:

If you set the variable compilation-scroll-output to a non-nil value, then the compilation buffer always scrolls to follow output as it comes in.