compile in specific folder

compile in specific folder

[Martin]

Hi,

I am using emacs to work on a project that needs to be compiled (call
make) in a specific folder, independent of the current buffer.
At the moment I am using this:

(global-set-key [(f9)] 'my-compile)

(defun my-compile ()
    "compile in our standard directory"
    (interactive)
    (cd mypath)
    (call-interactively 'compile)
    )

However, this has the drawback that after a compile my minibuffer
always starts in mypath instead of the current buffer's path.
Any ideas there?
And while we're on the topic of compiling.
How do I make compile to be non-interactive?
=> I want to be able to define a key for "make all" and one for just
"make.

Thanks in advance

Martin

Re: compile in specific folder

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 20.06.2007 um 11:51 schrieb Martin:

> However, this has the drawback that after a compile my minibuffer
> always starts in mypath instead of the current buffer's path.
> Any ideas there?

Open in dired-mode mypath and start to compile!

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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

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Re: compile in specific folder

[Denis Bueno]

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On 06/20/2007 03:51, "Martin" <m.gercke@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using emacs to work on a project that needs to be compiled (call
> make) in a specific folder, independent of the current buffer.
> At the moment I am using this:
> 
> (global-set-key [(f9)] 'my-compile)
> 
> (defun my-compile ()
>     "compile in our standard directory"
>     (interactive)
>     (cd mypath)
>     (call-interactively 'compile)
>     )
> 
> However, this has the drawback that after a compile my minibuffer
> always starts in mypath instead of the current buffer's path.
> Any ideas there?

Perhaps an alternate definition will suffice?

    (defun my-compile ()
      (interactive)
      (let ((default-directory mypath))
        (call-interactively 'compile)))

-Denis 

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Re: compile in specific folder

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin  <m.gercke@gmail.com> writes:

Martin> I am using emacs to work on a project that needs to be compiled (call
Martin> make) in a specific folder, independent of the current buffer.

I usually use "make -C $DIR" for this.

However, as someone else posted, if you go your route, it is better to
let-bind default-directory.

Martin> How do I make compile to be non-interactive?
Martin> => I want to be able to define a key for "make all" and one for just
Martin> "make.

In Emacs Lisp, interactive commands are also ordinary lisp functions.
You can call compile like: (compile "make all")

Tom

Re: compile in specific folder

[Martin]

> Perhaps an alternate definition will suffice?
>
>     (defun my-compile ()
>       (interactive)
>       (let ((default-directory mypath))
>         (call-interactively 'compile)))

Works great ... thanks a lot!

Martin