NEWBIE: different compile-commands for different fiel types (cc, xml)

NEWBIE: different compile-commands for different fiel types (cc, xml)

[Johannes Kastl]

Hello everyone,
Im kind of a newbie to emacs, or more to configuration emacs. I have 
been using emacs for quite some time, and now I need to setup the 
compile-command.
The background is that I am compiling .cc files, and also .xml files 
at the moment. And I am proud that I got it working to specify my 
own complie-command in the settings. But it is only one, for the 
other filetype I have to change it everytime, which is "kind of 
uncomfortable". So, is there a way to set the compile-command to 
"make whatever" for .cc files and to "make anotherthing" for .xml files?
Adding local variables in xml files dont work for me, since it 
doesnt compile afterwards, cos the source code contains "non-xml" text.

Has anybody got an idea how to solve this, or is this just not 
possible with my emacs?

Thanks in advance,

Johannes

P.S. I am running emacs on a suse 8.2 linux, emacs is GNU Emacs 
21.2.1 (i586-suse-linux).

Re: NEWBIE: different compile-commands for different fiel types (cc, xml)

[Kevin Rodgers]

Johannes Kastl wrote:
 > The background is that I am compiling .cc files, and also .xml files at
 > the moment. And I am proud that I got it working to specify my own
 > complie-command in the settings. But it is only one, for the other
 > filetype I have to change it everytime, which is "kind of
 > uncomfortable". So, is there a way to set the compile-command to "make
 > whatever" for .cc files and to "make anotherthing" for .xml files?
 > Adding local variables in xml files dont work for me, since it doesnt
 > compile afterwards, cos the source code contains "non-xml" text.

,----[ C-h v compile-command RET ]
| compile-command's value is "make -k "
|
| Documentation:
| *Last shell command used to do a compilation; default for next 
compilation.
|
| Sometimes it is useful for files to supply local values for this variable.
| You might also use mode hooks to specify it in certain modes, like this:
|
|     (add-hook 'c-mode-hook
|        (lambda ()
| 	 (unless (or (file-exists-p "makefile")
| 		     (file-exists-p "Makefile"))
| 	   (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
| 		(concat "make -k "
| 		        (file-name-sans-extension buffer-file-name))))))
|
| You can customize this variable.
|
| Defined in `compile'.
`----

(add-hook 'cc-mode-hook                 ; or c-mode-hook, or ?
           (lambda ()
             (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command) "make whatever")))

(add-hook 'xml-mode-hook                ; or sgml-mode-hook, or ?
           (lambda ()
             (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command) "make 
anotherthing")))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: NEWBIE: different compile-commands for different fiel types (cc, xml)

[Kai Grossjohann]

Johannes Kastl <ojkastl@gmx.de> writes:

> Adding local variables in xml files dont work for me, since it 
> doesnt compile afterwards, cos the source code contains "non-xml" text.

Hm?

<!-- Local Variables: -->
<!-- compile-command: "make bla" -->
<!-- End: -->

No non-XML text to be seen here.

Kai

Re: NEWBIE: different compile-commands for different fiel types (cc, xml)

[Johannes Kastl]

Hello,

thanks for your answers. Especially the comments for xml are really 
great. So this problem is solved due to your help.

Thanks very much.

OJ



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