Re: .emacs configuration question (easy)

[Michael Slass <miknrene@drizzle.com>]

"Ryan Barnard" <barnarr@cc.wwu.edu> writes:

>Hi,
>
>I'm fairly new to using Emacs, but I see great potential for it.  I've got a
>simple question I was hoping somebody could help me with:
>
>I want to set up emacs to be a little IDE for some C++ work I wish to do.
>Here's the keypresses needed to make it look how I want it:

Slightly off topic - but have you tried M-x compile ?
If you're not using a makefile, just replace the default command (when
you're prompted) with your compilation command, and emacs will
remember it the next time you try.

I use these key bindings:

(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook
  (lambda ()
    (define-key c-mode-base-map (kbd "<f3>") 'compile)
    (define-key c-mode-base-map (kbd "<f2>") 'next-error)
    (define-key c-mode-base-map (kbd "<f4>") 'gdb)))


So F3 starts compilation.  If there are errors, F2 traverses them, and
F4 starts the debugger.



-- 
Mike Slass