flymake-cursor.el

;; -*- emacs-lisp -*-
;; License: Gnu Public License
;;
;; Additional functionality that makes flymake error messages appear
;; in the minibuffer when point is on a line containing a flymake
;; error. This saves having to mouse over the error, which is a
;; keyboard user's annoyance

;;flymake-ler(file line type text &optional full-file)
(defun show-fly-err-at-point ()
  "If the cursor is sitting on a flymake error, display the
message in the minibuffer"
  (interactive)
  (let ((line-no (line-number-at-pos)))
    (dolist (elem flymake-err-info)
      (if (eq (car elem) line-no)
          (let ((err (car (second elem))))
            (message "%s" (fly-pyflake-determine-message err)))))))

(defun fly-pyflake-determine-message (err)
  "pyflake is flakey if it has compile problems, this adjusts the
message to display, so there is one ;)"
  (cond ((not (or (eq major-mode 'Python) (eq major-mode 'python-mode) t)))
        ((null (flymake-ler-file err))
         ;; normal message do your thing
         (flymake-ler-text err))
        (t ;; could not compile err
         (format "compile error, problem on line %s" (flymake-ler-line err)))))

(defadvice flymake-goto-next-error (after display-message activate compile)
  "Display the error in the mini-buffer rather than having to mouse over it"
  (show-fly-err-at-point))

(defadvice flymake-goto-prev-error (after display-message activate compile)
  "Display the error in the mini-buffer rather than having to mouse over it"
  (show-fly-err-at-point))

(defadvice flymake-mode (before post-command-stuff activate compile)
  "Add functionality to the post command hook so that if the
cursor is sitting on a flymake error the error information is
displayed in the minibuffer (rather than having to mouse over
it)"
  (set (make-local-variable 'post-command-hook)
       (cons 'show-fly-err-at-point post-command-hook)))