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Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Roy Smith wrote:
>> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Why not set compile-command in the mode hook, as suggested in it's doc
>>> string:
>>>
>>> (add-hook 'java-mode-hook
>>>       (lambda ()
>>>         (when (string-match "\\`~/dev/foo/" default-directory)
>>>           (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
>>>        "cd ~/dev/foo; ant"))))
>>
>> The problem there, is it only works for java files. I've got all
>> sorts of files in my project directory tree (html, css, jsp, etc,
>> etc). I want the compile command tied to the directory tree, not
>> the file type.
>
> The use find-file-hooks instead of jave-mode-hook.

There is another way, using

(setq compile-command
      '<lisp expression that evaluates to a string>)

like

(setq compile-command
      '(cond ((string-match "\\`~/dev/foo/" default-directory)
	      "cd ~/dev/foo; ant")
	     (...)
	     ...
	     (t "make -k")))

etc.

-- 
Johan Bockgård