Re: Emacs\compiling Java

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Frank Murray <fjmurray1@mac.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:21:02 -0400
> 
> What I cannot understand (basically) is that when I enter the compile  
> command,
> <Meta-x compile>, it prints out a line that reads "compile command  
> make -k..."
> 
> I assume its looking for some sort of "make -k" file.

No, it is asking for the command to compile your Java code.  "make -k"
is the default command, it assumes that you are compiling through the
Make utility, and that you wrote a Makefile that Make reads to know
how to compile.

If you are not familiar with this Make business, just edit the command
to be whatever you would type from the shell's prompt to compile your
Java source.  The prompt shows the default, but lets you edit it.

> Are there or is there any documentation on this?

There's the "Compilation" node in the Emacs on-line manual.  The
following key sequence will get you to it:

  C-h i m Emacs RET g Compilation RET

(`C-h' means press Control and type h.)