On 06/20/2007 03:51, "Martin" <m.gercke@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am using emacs to work on a project that needs to be compiled (call
make) in a specific folder, independent of the current buffer.
At the moment I am using this:

(global-set-key [(f9)] 'my-compile)

(defun my-compile ()
    "compile in our standard directory"
    (interactive)
    (cd mypath)
    (call-interactively 'compile)
    )

However, this has the drawback that after a compile my minibuffer
always starts in mypath instead of the current buffer's path.
Any ideas there?

Perhaps an alternate definition will suffice?

    (defun my-compile ()
      (interactive)
      (let ((default-directory mypath))
        (call-interactively 'compile)))

-Denis