[Mono-dev] gmcs output differing from shell and emacs (through make and xbuild)

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> So, in summary: I suggest that dropping column information when running from 
> emacs is a bug. Additionally, I suggest that gmcs stop emitting ansi codes 
> when the terminal is "dumb".

It is not a bug, its a feature, considering that there are millions of
Emacs deployed, and we should not ask people to fix their emacs, or
edits their settings to be able to use mcs.

If you get the fix deployed on Emacs, in a few years we can take it out.

Miguel.