From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: Re: region sensitive Makefile compile-command
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 01:40:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zn0rro66.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31jhpbF39lamsU1@individual.net> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:04:41 -0700")
Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> Wow, I didn't know compile-command could be an expression that is
> evaluated dynamically! That feature is not documented in the
> variable's doc string, the Emacs manual, or the NEWS file -- which
> in itself is a bug.
It is documented in the docstring only implicitly by showing an
example where `concat' is evaluated dynamically.
I'm not sure about the Emacs manual, but the docstring could be fixed
like this:
Index: lisp/progmodes/compile.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/progmodes/compile.el,v
retrieving revision 1.342
diff -u -r1.342 compile.el
--- lisp/progmodes/compile.el 25 Nov 2004 03:02:18 -0000 1.342
+++ lisp/progmodes/compile.el 6 Dec 2004 23:33:33 -0000
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@
(defcustom compile-command "make -k "
"*Last shell command used to do a compilation; default for next compilation.
+If it is an expression, it is evaluated to the command string before
+`compile' prompts for the command. When the value of the command
+specified at the command prompt is not the same as evaluated from
+the expression, then this variable gets overwritten with the value
+of the last specified command string.
+
Sometimes it is useful for files to supply local values for this variable.
You might also use mode hooks to specify it in certain modes, like this:
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-06 23:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-27 1:12 region sensitive Makefile compile-command Dan Jacobson
2004-12-01 20:37 ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-02 23:33 ` Dan Jacobson
2004-12-05 20:52 ` Juri Linkov
[not found] ` <mailman.3743.1102280901.27204.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-12-06 17:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-12-06 23:40 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.4029.1102377320.27204.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-12-07 0:20 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-12-07 1:23 ` Juri Linkov
2004-12-09 0:33 ` Dan Jacobson
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