diff -r 0fb331032f02 -r a50837b637dc src/Pure/PIDE/command.scala
--- a/src/Pure/PIDE/command.scala	Tue Aug 12 13:18:17 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/Pure/PIDE/command.scala	Tue Aug 12 14:15:58 2014 +0200
@@ -317,13 +317,19 @@
     val init_results: Command.Results,
     val init_markup: Markup_Tree)
 {
-  /* name and classification */
+  /* name */
 
   def name: String =
-    span.kind match { case Command_Span.Command_Span(name) => name case _ => "" }
+    span.kind match { case Command_Span.Command_Span(name, _) => name case _ => "" }
+
+  def position: Position.T =
+    span.kind match { case Command_Span.Command_Span(_, pos) => pos case _ => Position.none }
 
   override def toString = id + "/" + span.kind.toString
 
+
+  /* classification */
+
   def is_proper: Boolean = span.kind.isInstanceOf[Command_Span.Command_Span]
   def is_ignored: Boolean = span.kind == Command_Span.Ignored_Span