From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ushnish Basu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: opening correct source file on compile error Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:29:55 -0700 Organization: University of California, Berkeley Message-ID: References: <1161187727.615995.163760@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161625291 11339 80.91.229.2 (23 Oct 2006 17:41:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 23 19:41:30 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc3nS-0007Gx-UD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:41:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc3nS-00035z-Cr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:41:10 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!agate.berkeley.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: yaman.ce.berkeley.edu Original-X-Trace: agate.berkeley.edu 1161624595 46589 169.229.157.35 (23 Oct 2006 17:29:55 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:29:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CTygD3pIBZsBdyDLuLzy7z92EP4= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142584 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38205 Archived-At: Kevin Rodgers writes: > kl.vanw@gmail.com wrote: >> Here's my situation. My header files (C++) are located in a dir named >> src/lib. These are the files I edit and are CVS managed. When I run >> 'make', make copies the headers into include/, which my other source >> files include. Then if there was an error in one of the headers, and I >> use 'next-error' in the compilation buffer to open the header, emacs >> opens the file in the include/ directory, but I really need it to open >> the header in src/lib. Can I some how help emacs find the right file? >> Unfortunately, I don't have the option of changing the way our makefile >> works or the #include statements. > > Try this: > > (add-hook 'find-file-hook > (lambda () > (let* ((file (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)) > (directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name)) > (alternate-file (expand-file-name file "../src/lib"))) > (when (and (equal (file-name-nondirectory > (directory-file-name directory)) > "include") > (file-exists-p alternate-file)) > (find-alternate-file alternate-file))))) > > -- > Kevin > 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? Sorry, I don't understand (e)lisp well enough to do it myself, but I am planning to learn. -- Ushnish Basu ubasu@ce.berkeley.edu +1 510 644-1906 www.ce.berkeley.edu/~ubasu