From: Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2009-08-23@kanis.fr>
To: Sumit Narayan <sumnaray@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Default compile directory
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:38:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87my5xlm0e.fsf@kanis.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a18f491d0908171412o1ceb5943nbcd2941b5ef6907f@mail.gmail.com> (Sumit Narayan's message of "Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:12:49 -0400")
> Is there any way to set default compile directory?
>
> The problem: I have a many sub-folders in my project and when I edit a
> file deep inside subfolders and do M-x compile, I end up running make
> in that subfolder, instead of the root folder. Is there any way for
> Emacs to always run compile in the default folder?
>
> One thing I figured was to change default compile command to be: cd
> <project's root folder>; make. Is that the only/best way?
Hi Sumit,
You can use .dir-locals.el in your root folder and put something like:
(setq compile-command "cd <root folder>; make")
It will be evaluated every time you open a file in the folder. I think
it's a new feature of emacs 23.
Kind regards,
--
Ivan
Kanis http://kanis.fr
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
-- William Shakespeare
Sumit Narayan <sumnaray@gmail.com> wrote:
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-18 5:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-17 21:12 Default compile directory Sumit Narayan
2009-08-18 5:38 ` Ivan Kanis [this message]
2009-08-18 19:59 ` Sumit Narayan
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2009-08-21 14:32 ` A.Politz
2009-08-21 15:23 ` Sumit Narayan
2009-08-25 15:35 ` Sumit Narayan
2009-08-18 8:15 ` Peter Dyballa
2009-08-18 20:08 ` Sumit Narayan
2009-08-18 21:51 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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