Re: I'm looking for a project management system for Emacs

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>]

Dnia 2014-03-30, o godz. 00:29:53
despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) napisał(a):

> > Well, I thought I was clear enough...
> 
> Yeah, I guess I only read it all once.
> 
> >> The Makefile has to have the file list anyway.
> >
> > Assuming that you use make, which is not necessarily true.  And
> > even if I do use make, then see point 2 above: I probably wouldn't
> > include the org file (which might contain TODOs etc. for many
> > projects) anywhere in the Makefile (at least I see no reason to do
> > so, other than to put it there so it contains a full list...)
> >
> > I guess you are thinking of "a project" in terms of "a software
> > project".  This might be true or not, in my case (assuming a usual
> 
> Nope, big Gnumake fan here.
> Any directory/project I do work in is going to have Makefile(s).

Well, then I deduce that you are not a heavy LaTeX user.  (Am I right,
dear Watson? ;) )  The problem is that the make model (using
timestamps) is a bit too simplistic for LaTeX: due to the way
references (& friends) work, the .aux file basically depends on
itself, but only if it contains a line saying

> LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have changed. Rerun to get cross-references right.

I guess that using a mixture of grep, some temp file and cleverness
one could overcome this, but it's simpler to use dedicated, make-like
software, like Arara (or Emacs + AUCTeX, in my case).

> Just cycle through all the files in a project?
> 
> Maybe you want some TAG files?

Well, maybe.  It seems, though, that I want properly configured
Icicles;).

Thanks anyway,

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Marcin Borkowski
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Adam Mickiewicz University