Re: C++-Mode

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>]

Boris H. wrote:

> kgold wrote:
>>The default for emacs using M-x compile is to call make.
>>
>>While you could change the default, experienced programmers typically
>>create a makefile.
> 
> I know, but since I only write small programms, there's no real need for a 
> makefile. 


make has implicit rules to build an executable from its source file.  So all
you should need to do in the foo.cc buffer is `M-! make foo'.  If that works,
it's just a matter of how you want to automate it:

1. Use the `M-x compile' command, with the compile-command customized as
    described in its doc string.

2. Write your own `M-x compile-buffer' command:

(defun compile-buffer (&optional buffer)
   "Compile the file visited in BUFFER (by default, the selected buffer)."
   (interactive "bCompile buffer: ")
   (or buffer
       (setq buffer (selected-buffer)))
   (save-excursion
     (set-buffer buffer)
     (compile (format "make %s" (file-name-sans-extension
				(file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name))))))

> In Ada-mode, there are commands ada-compile-application and 
> ada-run-application. I want this facility in C++-mode, too.

Can those be easily adapted to C++?  If not, you can use the compile-buffer

example above; just use shell-command or term instead of compile.

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