how to use bash alias in emacs compile

how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Daniel (Youngwhan)]

Hi,

I have alias like this:

alias dm='cd ~/XYZ && ./mycompile.sh'

I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
doesn't recognize.

I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.

I'm using GNU emacs 23.4.1 running on Linux (Ubuntu 2.6.38 kernel),
and GNU Bash version is 4.1.5.

When I type "alias" in M-x compile, it shows dm in right way, but it
looks the "compile" in emacs does not recognize bash alias.

Is there anyone who resolve this problem? Or it is impossible to use
bash alias in emacs compile.

Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 02.05.2012 um 23:28 schrieb Daniel (Youngwhan):

> When I type "alias" in M-x compile, it shows dm in right way, but it
> looks the "compile" in emacs does not recognize bash alias.

Maybe you should use tcsh – here aliases work.

Anyway, maybe it plays a role in which of the many RC files bash can use you put the alias definitions, because there are some for interactive and some for non-interactive use. ~/.bashrc should be a good choice.

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Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Barry Margolin]

In article 
<a0a22d31-830a-4488-96c8-2846e47fcff4@v1g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
 "Daniel (Youngwhan)" <breadncup@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have alias like this:
> 
> alias dm='cd ~/XYZ && ./mycompile.sh'
> 
> I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
> doesn't recognize.
> 
> I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.
> 
> I'm using GNU emacs 23.4.1 running on Linux (Ubuntu 2.6.38 kernel),
> and GNU Bash version is 4.1.5.
> 
> When I type "alias" in M-x compile, it shows dm in right way, but it
> looks the "compile" in emacs does not recognize bash alias.
> 
> Is there anyone who resolve this problem? Or it is impossible to use
> bash alias in emacs compile.

Have you tried changing your alias into a script that can be found via 
your $PATH?

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

"Daniel (Youngwhan)" <breadncup@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have alias like this:
>
> alias dm='cd ~/XYZ && ./mycompile.sh'

Where do you have it?


> I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
> doesn't recognize.

Try: M-x compile RET C-a C-k bash -i -c dm RET


> I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.

man bash explains in details what file it will load and when, but it's
complicated.  I put everything in ~/.bashrc



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Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Daniel (Youngwhan)]

On May 3, 1:35 am, "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <p...@informatimago.com>
wrote:
> "Daniel (Youngwhan)" <breadn...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Hi,
>
> > I have alias like this:
>
> > alias dm='cd ~/XYZ && ./mycompile.sh'
>
> Where do you have it?
>

The lots of aliases are defined in a file, where is in $HOME/bin, and
the $PATH has it, too.

> > I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
> > doesn't recognize.
>
> Try: M-x compile RET C-a C-k bash -i -c dm RET
>

Yeah, it works!, but if I typed only dm, it doesn't.

> > I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.
>
> man bash explains in details what file it will load and when, but it's
> complicated.  I put everything in ~/.bashrc
>

Let me study you've mentioned here, but if you can share your
experience in detail, it would be appreciated.

> --
> __Pascal Bourguignon__                    http://www.informatimago.com/
> A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}.

Thank you!
Daniel

Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[ken]

On 05/07/2012 03:48 PM Daniel (Youngwhan) wrote:
> On May 3, 1:35 am, "Pascal J. Bourguignon"<p...@informatimago.com>
> wrote:
>> "Daniel (Youngwhan)"<breadn...@gmail.com>  writes:
>>> Hi,
>>
>>> I have alias like this:
>>
>>> alias dm='cd ~/XYZ&&  ./mycompile.sh'
>>
>> Where do you have it?
>>
>
> The lots of aliases are defined in a file, where is in $HOME/bin, and
> the $PATH has it, too.
>
>>> I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
>>> doesn't recognize.
>>
>> Try: M-x compile RET C-a C-k bash -i -c dm RET
>>
>
> Yeah, it works!, but if I typed only dm, it doesn't.
>
>>> I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.
>>
>> man bash explains in details what file it will load and when, but it's
>> complicated.  I put everything in ~/.bashrc
>>
>
> Let me study you've mentioned here, but if you can share your
> experience in detail, it would be appreciated.

Yes, ~/.bashrc is the place to put aliases... because then they are 
loaded whenever you log in.  If this isn't the behavior you want, then 
you can put them somewhere else, e.g., in ~/bin/aliases, but then you'll 
have to invoke them yourself.  This can be done with either of these 
commands:

source ~/bin/aliases
or
. ~/bin/aliases

(Note that "~/bin/aliases" is an example name I made up. Just about any 
normal filename can be given.)

If you edit ~/.bashrc, including new aliases in it, you can use the same 
commands as above to read those new aliases into the current environment 
with:

source ~/.bashrc
or
. ~/.bashrc

Then you don't have to log out and then log back in to put your new 
aliases into effect.


hth

Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

"Daniel (Youngwhan)" <breadncup@gmail.com> writes:

> On May 3, 1:35 am, "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <p...@informatimago.com>
> wrote:
>> "Daniel (Youngwhan)" <breadn...@gmail.com> writes:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I have alias like this:
>>
>> > alias dm='cd ~/XYZ && ./mycompile.sh'
>>
>> Where do you have it?
>>
>
> The lots of aliases are defined in a file, where is in $HOME/bin, and
> the $PATH has it, too.
>
>> > I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
>> > doesn't recognize.
>>
>> Try: M-x compile RET C-a C-k bash -i -c dm RET
>>
>
> Yeah, it works!, but if I typed only dm, it doesn't.
>
>> > I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.
>>
>> man bash explains in details what file it will load and when, but it's
>> complicated.  I put everything in ~/.bashrc
>>
>
> Let me study you've mentioned here, but if you can share your
> experience in detail, it would be appreciated.

In summary, here is what I got from reading the manual:


#    WHEN starting
#     AND ( interactive AND login ) OR ( non-interactive AND --login ) )
#      DO /etc/profile 
#         THEN    ~/.bash_profile 
#         OR ELSE ~/.bash_login
#         OR ELSE ~/.profile
#
#    WHEN starting
#     AND interactive AND NOT login
#      DO ~/.bashrc
#
#    WHEN starting
#     AND NOT interactive
#      DO $BASH_ENV
#
#    WHEN exiting
#     AND login
#      DO ~/.bash_logout

I put everything in ~/.bashrc, and my ~/.profile contains:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
if test -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ; then
    echo "Sourcing $HOME/.bashrc from $HOME/.profile"
	source "$HOME/.bashrc"
fi
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, my ~/.bashrc creates ~/.bash_env and loads it.


But notice that bash loads ~/.bashrc when running a bash script
interactively.  From some scripts it may not be a good idea, because
this let the user change the environment (aliases, functions,
environment variables), so it may break some scripts.  (You may want to
use #!/bin/sh instead of #!/bin/bash in those cases).


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