From: "Ehud Karni" <ehud@unix.mvs.co.il>
Cc: wgh@askme.ok, henrik+news@enberg.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: M-x compile for different file extensions
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:07:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200210201807.g9KI7H02011888@beta.mvs.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E183JQR-0005QH-00@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:59:39 -0400)
On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:59:39 -0400, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> The debugging feature could make sense, but why isn't `make -k' a good
> default regardless of the kind of file? In other words, why isn't
> "You should write a proper makefile" a good solution for this?
1. There are many independent (small) programs which are
not part of a big project and so there is no need for make file.
2. We use the compile command on many type of files which are not
real "programs" - shell scripts (run with arguments), sql queries,
reports (printed by the `compile') and many, many others.
3. This makes it more easy to have a standard policy regarding saving
places for "compilation" output. For example we have some local
tool that work on *.pns files, our tool convert it to <name>.pnl
our defined
> 5. Run some commands with interactive input to them (when needed) in a
> compilation window, with an option to kill the compilation buffer.
> (`compile-commands', read the help carefully).
>
> Why is this better than using a single shell command string, with `;'
> and `sleep N' used as needed between the individual shell commands?
This is really used for programs that use /dev/tty (and not standard
input), for security (programs that need pass words) or dynamic
answers. It also has the added advantage of running multiple processes,
each with its own buffer and different name automatically.
Ehud.
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[not found] ` <200210200000.g9K00B5d021923@beta.mvs.co.il>
2002-10-20 16:59 ` M-x compile for different file extensions Richard Stallman
2002-10-20 18:07 ` Ehud Karni [this message]
2002-10-20 19:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-22 3:12 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-22 6:46 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-10-22 17:17 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-10-22 19:03 ` Ehud Karni
2002-10-23 7:11 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-22 18:23 ` Ehud Karni
2002-10-23 7:10 ` Richard Stallman
2002-10-20 19:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-10-20 22:05 ` Ehud Karni
2002-10-22 3:12 ` Richard Stallman
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