Re: compile perl file, specify current buffer, using help effectively

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I am trying to use emacs as an IDE for perl development.  I think it
> would be useful to have a compile command that runs perl on the
> current buffer I am editing.  The compile command defaults to make -k.
> I want to change it to perl xx where xx is the name of the current
> buffer - is there some variable or special syntax I can use to get the
> current filename?  More important then the answer, is how do I figure
> this out from the help.

Try C-h f compile RET (which will give you the online doc about the
`compile' command).  It comes with an example of exactly what you want
to do.


        Stefan