Per-directory init files?

Per-directory init files?

[Roy Smith]

Is there any way to have per-directory init files?

I've got a directory where I need to run "./install" after each round of 
edits to any file in that directory.  What I'd like to do is make 
"./install" my default compile command, but only when I'm in that 
directory.  How can I do that?

I'm running GNU Emacs 22.1.1 on OSX-10.5.  Amazingly enough, OSX doesn't 
seem to ship with make, so I can't just put a Makefile in my directory with 
"./install" as the default action :-(

Re: Per-directory init files?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 27.08.2008 um 15:25 schrieb Roy Smith:

> I'm running GNU Emacs 22.1.1 on OSX-10.5.  Amazingly enough, OSX  
> doesn't
> seem to ship with make, so I can't just put a Makefile in my  
> directory with
> "./install" as the default action :-(

Have you looked into the developer metapackage?

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   Pete

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does  
not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
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Re: Per-directory init files?

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to have per-directory init files?
>
> I've got a directory where I need to run "./install" after each round of 
> edits to any file in that directory.  What I'd like to do is make 
> "./install" my default compile command, but only when I'm in that 
> directory.  How can I do that?

Emacs 23 will have support for directory-local variables.

For now you can use
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/project-local-variables.el

See also:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ProjectSettings

> Amazingly enough, OSX doesn't seem to ship with make

As Peter said, you'll need to install the Developer tools.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

Re: Per-directory init files?

[E.L.K.]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 09:25:32AM -0400, Roy Smith wrote:
> Is there any way to have per-directory init files?
> 
> I've got a directory where I need to run "./install" after each round of 
> edits to any file in that directory.  What I'd like to do is make 
> "./install" my default compile command, but only when I'm in that 
> directory.  How can I do that?
> 
> I'm running GNU Emacs 22.1.1 on OSX-10.5.  Amazingly enough, OSX doesn't 
> seem to ship with make, so I can't just put a Makefile in my directory with 
> "./install" as the default action :-(

You can, actually, place in your ~/.emacs something like that:

(if (file-readable-p ".vars")
(load-file ".vars")
)

so, when emacs will be started in some directory, it will check
if there ".vars" file there (as .emacs executed there) and if so,
will load it.

and in file ".vars" you can place 
(setq compile-command "./install")

i haven't tested this, but this should work

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E.L.K.
Tuesday, 09 of September, 2008, 22:45

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