filtering output from compile

filtering output from compile

[Theepa Somasundaram]

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Hi,

I am completely new to elisp.

I have a Make file which contains a line like,
        gdb dummy.exe
I run the make file from Emacs in compile mode. I would like Emacs not to send the command to the shell and instead to execute the debugger within Emacs, as if I had started the debugger with a shotcut key.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance, Theepa

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Re: filtering output from compile

[Kai Großjohann]

"Theepa Somasundaram" <theepa@hemphil.f9.co.uk> writes:

> I have a Make file which contains a line like,
>         gdb dummy.exe
> I run the make file from Emacs in compile mode. I would like Emacs
> not to send the command to the shell and instead to execute the
> debugger within Emacs, as if I had started the debugger with a
> shotcut key.

It is not possible for make to talk back to Emacs to do stuff.  So
you will have to circumvent make.

I suggest you try M-x gdb RET.
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Re: filtering output from compile

[Kai Großjohann]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> "Theepa Somasundaram" <theepa@hemphil.f9.co.uk> writes:
>
>> I have a Make file which contains a line like,
>>         gdb dummy.exe
>> I run the make file from Emacs in compile mode. I would like Emacs
>> not to send the command to the shell and instead to execute the
>> debugger within Emacs, as if I had started the debugger with a
>> shotcut key.
>
> It is not possible for make to talk back to Emacs to do stuff.  So
> you will have to circumvent make.
>
> I suggest you try M-x gdb RET.

I forgot to mention that it might be possible to change the command
line.  M-x gdb RET offers you to type a command.  You could try
typing "make frumple" there, if frumple is the target that invokes
the debugger in the end.

But this might fail because M-x gdb RET does some magic with the
command line that you type.  Investigate the function
gud-gdb-massage-args for the gory details.
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