From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Per-directory customizations? Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:14:09 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083360252 5726 80.91.224.253 (30 Apr 2004 21:24:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 30 23:24:05 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJfUK-0004mf-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:24:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJfOD-0008IU-Df for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:17:45 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newsfeed.mountaincable.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1083359649 132.204.24.84 (Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:14:09 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:14:09 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:122889 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18176 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18176 > Is there any way to do customizations on a per-directory basis? > For example, I've got java project which lives in ~/dev/foo. Anytime I > run M-X compile anywhere inside the ~/dev/foo hierarchy, I want the > command run to be "cd ~/dev/foo; ant". I don't want to just set > compile-command in my .emacs file, because the right command varies > depending on which project (i.e. directory subtree) I'm in. In sml-mode.el, I made the sml-compile command walk up the directory tree until it finds the Makefile-equivalent. Maybe M-x compile RET should do the same: walk up the tree until it finds a Makefile and then use "cd ../..; make". Stefan