* bug#7573: 23.2; Info node Compilation is out of date
@ 2010-12-06 15:14 Gareth Rees
2011-01-15 3:10 ` Chong Yidong
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From: Gareth Rees @ 2010-12-06 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 7573
The Info node (emacs)Compilation says:
If you want to run two compilations at once, you should start the
first one, then rename the `*compilation*' buffer (perhaps using
`rename-uniquely'; *note Misc Buffer::), and start the other
compilation. That will create a new `*compilation*' buffer.
This is out of date (and hence ineffective). The docstring for the
compile command says instead:
To run more than one compilation at once, start one then rename
the `*compilation*' buffer to some other name with
M-x rename-buffer. Then _switch buffers_ and start the new compilation.
It will create a new `*compilation*' buffer.
The instruction to "switch buffers" in the docstring is missing from the
Info.
Just as a suggestion, I think that starting a second or subsequent
compilation in parallel is something that's common enough that it
deserves its own command.
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Gareth Rees
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* bug#7573: 23.2; Info node Compilation is out of date
2010-12-06 15:14 bug#7573: 23.2; Info node Compilation is out of date Gareth Rees
@ 2011-01-15 3:10 ` Chong Yidong
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From: Chong Yidong @ 2011-01-15 3:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gareth Rees; +Cc: 7573
Gareth Rees <gdr@garethrees.org> writes:
> The Info node (emacs)Compilation says:
>
> If you want to run two compilations at once, you should start the
> first one, then rename the `*compilation*' buffer (perhaps using
> `rename-uniquely'; *note Misc Buffer::), and start the other
> compilation. That will create a new `*compilation*' buffer.
>
> This is out of date (and hence ineffective). The docstring for the
> compile command says instead:
>
> To run more than one compilation at once, start one then rename
> the `*compilation*' buffer to some other name with
> M-x rename-buffer. Then _switch buffers_ and start the new compilation.
> It will create a new `*compilation*' buffer.
>
> The instruction to "switch buffers" in the docstring is missing from the
> Info.
Fixed, thanks.
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