From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Theodor Thornhill <theo@thornhill.no>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Project.el - running processes in root
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 01:07:40 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8c6b3360-f5a4-b10a-55a8-f79d843192da@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87img65wh2.fsf@thornhill.no>
Hello!
On 05.06.2020 00:53, Theodor Thornhill wrote:
> What is the best way to run a subprocess in root of a project currently?
>
> Right now I've made a small convenience macro for this:
>
> (defmacro with-project-root (&rest body)
> "Dynamically bind default directory to project root."
> (declare (debug t) (indent 0))
> `(let ((default-directory (project-root (project-current))))
> ,@body))
>
>
> Then I can:
>
> (defun elm-repl ()
> "Create a new buffer with Elm repl started and switch to it."
> (interactive)
> (with-project-root
> (switch-to-buffer-other-window
> (make-comint "Elm Repl" "elm" nil "repl"))))
It's as good a solution as any.
> Otherwise, would this be something appropriate for
> project.el to expose?
I'm not sure... It doesn't even save one line. Just shortens it.
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2020-06-04 21:53 Project.el - running processes in root Theodor Thornhill
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