Re: compile.el: kill always anyway

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

>>>I see there is no option to turn this question off:
>>>(yes-or-no-p
>>>(format "A %s process is running; kill it? "
> 
> K> Good.
> 
> Bad, because one might be rapid prototyping (compile "sleep 55555"),
> and would like emacs to kill each former compile without asking, as
> whih PID to kill only emacs knows best.

Sigh.

*** emacs-21.3/lisp/progmodes/compile.el.orig	Fri Jan 17 06:45:11 2003
--- emacs-21.3/lisp/progmodes/compile.el	Fri Jan 30 15:51:16 2004
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*** 706,711 ****
--- 706,719 ----
     :version "20.3"
     :group 'compilation)

+ (defcustom compile-kill-running-process nil
+   "*If non-nil, \\[compile] kills a running compilation process without asking.
+
+ This also affects \\[recompile], \\[grep], \\[revert-buffer] in a
+ compilation buffer, and any other commands that call `compile-internal'."
+   :type 'boolean
+   :group 'compilation)
+
   (defun compile-internal (command error-message
   		 
	 &optional name-of-mode parser
   		 
	 error-regexp-alist name-function
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*** 744,749 ****
--- 752,758 ----
         (let ((comp-proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))))
   	(if comp-proc
   	    (if (or (not (eq (process-status comp-proc) 'run))
+                     compile-kill-running-process
   		    (yes-or-no-p
   		     (format "A %s process is running; kill it? "
   			     name-of-mode)))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers