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Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

> --- compile.el~	Sun Nov 23 21:57:47 2003
> +++ compile.el	Fri Jan 16 12:20:32 2004
...
> @@ -587,8 +591,13 @@
>  original use.  Otherwise, it recompiles using `compile-command'."
>    (interactive)
>    (save-some-buffers (not compilation-ask-about-save) nil)
> -  (apply 'compile-internal (or compilation-arguments
> -			      `(,(eval compile-command) "No more errors"))))
> +  (let (olddir default-directory)
> +    (unless (eq compilation-directory nil)
> +      (setq default-directory compilation-directory))
> +    (apply 'compile-internal (or compilation-arguments
> +				 `(,(eval compile-command) "No more errors")))
> +    (setq default-directory olddir)))
> +

This is a little bit cleaner:

(let ((default-directory (or compilation-directory default-directory)))
   (apply 'compile-internal ...))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers