Re: Let compilation start in one directory below current one

[Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>]

Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> stephan.zimmer wrote:
>> I would like to start my compilation in one directory deeper than the
>> current. Unfortunately, a local variable specification as
>>
>> % -*- ... compile-directory: (concat default-directory ".."); ... -*-
>>
>> is not working. Does anyone has an idea (except adding "cd.." to the
>> compile command)?
> 
> There is no such variable defined or referenced in compile.el.
> 
> As far as I know, setting compile-command to "cd .." first is the right
> way to do it.
> 

defun my-compilation-process-setup-function
  ...
  if boundp compile-directory
    setq compile-command ( concat "cd " compile-directory "; " ....


?

-ap

Ps: Due to the economic crisis I am out of parentheses.