Emacs\terminal window\Mac OS X 10.4.7

Emacs\terminal window\Mac OS X 10.4.7

[Frank Murray]

Hello,

    This is a newbie question.  I am trying to compile a Java program  
in the
Emacs editor, using the command "M <meta> x compile."

The <M (Meta)> key on my Mac keyboard is the <Esc> key.  When I enter  
the
above command it prints out to the screen "make -k."  When I hit  
<Return>, it comes
back with an error message stating:

  "make -k make
  make: ***No rule to make target 'make'

Compilation exited abnormally with code 2 at [whatever the day's date  
is]"

Obviously I'm doing something wrong, or not giving the correct compile
instructions or commands.

Any help is appreciated.  Thank you.

fjm

Re: Emacs\terminal window\Mac OS X 10.4.7

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.07.2006 um 16:52 schrieb Frank Murray:

>  "make -k make
>  make: ***No rule to make target 'make'

I presume that in your copy of GNU Emacs you'll find an info node on  
make.

GNU Emacs writes in minibuffer 'make -k' according to the default  
compile action. If your Makefile has no 'make' target you should not  
try to persuade make to make a make target. The easiest is to type  
RET -- I mean to hit the return or irregularly shaped ⌅ key with a  
much bigger ↩ or ↵ like arrow.

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Re: Emacs\terminal window\Mac OS X 10.4.7

[Colin S. Miller]

Frank Murray wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    This is a newbie question.  I am trying to compile a Java program in the
> Emacs editor, using the command "M <meta> x compile."
> 
> The <M (Meta)> key on my Mac keyboard is the <Esc> key.  When I enter the
> above command it prints out to the screen "make -k."  When I hit 
> <Return>, it comes
> back with an error message stating:
> 
>  "make -k make
>  make: ***No rule to make target 'make'
> 
> Compilation exited abnormally with code 2 at [whatever the day's date is]"
> 
> Obviously I'm doing something wrong, or not giving the correct compile
> instructions or commands.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.  Thank you.
> 
> fjm
> 
> 

The "make -k" is the command you want to run to build your program,
this is correct if you are using makefiles to control the build.

You can change this to any command you want - in your case (IIRC)

jcc main.java

The default build command can be set by adding to your .emacs file

(setq compile-command "jcc main.java")



HTH,
Colin S. Miller



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Re: Emacs\terminal window\Mac OS X 10.4.7

[Kevin Rodgers]

Colin S. Miller wrote:
> The "make -k" is the command you want to run to build your program,
> this is correct if you are using makefiles to control the build.
> 
> You can change this to any command you want - in your case (IIRC)
> 
> jcc main.java
> 
> The default build command can be set by adding to your .emacs file
> 
> (setq compile-command "jcc main.java")

Or better yet:

(add-hook 'java-mode-hook
	  (lambda ()
	    (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
		 (format "javac %s"	; what is jcc?
			 (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)))))

-- 
Kevin