From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: java and M-x compile Date: 30 Sep 2005 13:07:52 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Message-ID: <433d38a8_4@news1.prserv.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1128088776 6271 80.91.229.2 (30 Sep 2005 13:59:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 30 15:59:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ELLNM-0000GT-1b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:56:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ELLNL-0002Dk-8n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:56:35 -0400 X-Newsreader: xrn 9.02 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: yktgi01e0-s5.watson.ibm.com Original-X-Trace: 30 Sep 2005 13:07:52 GMT, yktgi01e0-s5.watson.ibm.com Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed.tiscali.ch!stargate.gts.cz!news.freedom2surf.net!newsfeed.uk.prserv.net!newsfeed2.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news1.prserv.net!alpha.watson.ibm.com!kgold Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134258 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29828 Archived-At: LENNART BORGMAN writes: By default > M-x compile RET runs "make -k". The emacs manual says that this > should be good for most simple programs. It does not seem to be very > good for a simple java program. > > At least not for me, using GNU Make 3.80 on W2k. Is there something > I am missing? (Of course I can still compile java in Emacs, but > could make -k work by default, or does it need a makefile?) It might mean that make typically comes with standard defaults, so e.g., knows to run a C compiler on .c files. However, most users will create a custom makefile relevant to their project. -- Ken Goldman kgold@watson.ibm.com 914-784-7646