Re: opening correct source file on compile error

[Ushnish Basu <ubasu@ce.berkeley.edu>]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Ushnish Basu wrote:
>> I have a similar problem, except that my CVS has *.F files (in say ../src)
>> for
>> the fortran preprocessor, and make gives me corresponding *.f files in the
>> current directory. How would one modify the above example for this case?
>
> (add-hook 'find-file-hook
>   	  (lambda ()
>   	    (let* ((file (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name))
>   		   alternate-file)
>   	      (when (and (equal (file-name-extension file) "f")
> 			 (file-exists-p
> 			  (setq alternate-file
> 				(expand-file-name (concat (file-name-sans-extension file)
> 							  ".F")
> 						  "../src"))))
>   		(find-alternate-file alternate-file)))))
>

Great, thanks a bunch, I will try it out soon.

>> Sorry, I don't understand (e)lisp well enough to do it myself, but I am
>> planning to learn.
>
> You will be greatly rewarded for your efforts!
>

That's what I have heard. I just got Paul Graham's ANSI Common Lisp, so I will
go to elisp once I get familiar with lisp itself.

Ushnish

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