Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Paulo J. Matos]

Hi all,

I'm probably missing something. I have a dir: software/prog/ where I
have a Makefile and some sources managed by autotools (which generate
the Makefile).
Then I have software/prog-build, where I run: ../prog/configure ... etc.
This way I'm editing in software/prog and running make in software/prog-build.

My guess is if I do M-x compile, make will run in software/prog where
there is not any makefile, because after all, there's where the file
is being edited.

How can I pass the directory where the make command should be run?

Cheers,

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Re: Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.08.2006 um 01:06 schrieb Paulo J. Matos:

> How can I pass the directory where the make command should be run?

Why that? Can't you dired software/prog and then

	M-x compile RET ./configure <options> RET
	M-x compile RET make -k <what so ever> RET

? How do you read the INSTALL and README files or make configure show  
its options?

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Re: Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Kevin Rodgers]

Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> I'm probably missing something. I have a dir: software/prog/ where I
> have a Makefile and some sources managed by autotools (which generate
> the Makefile).
> Then I have software/prog-build, where I run: ../prog/configure ... etc.
> This way I'm editing in software/prog and running make in 
> software/prog-build.
> 
> My guess is if I do M-x compile, make will run in software/prog where
> there is not any makefile, because after all, there's where the file
> is being edited.

Above, you said software/prog is where the Makefile resides.

> How can I pass the directory where the make command should be run?

M-x compile RET
C-a C-k
cd /directory/to/run/in && make target

-- 
Kevin

Re: Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Miles Bader]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> cd /directory/to/run/in && make target

I usually use `make -C /some/dir'

-miles
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Re: Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Paulo J. Matos]

On 05/08/06, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> > cd /directory/to/run/in && make target
>
> I usually use `make -C /some/dir'
>

Ah, that's nice. Didn't know about the -C flag.
After Peter and Kevin replies I just dired to the directory and called
compile from there. :-)

-C seems a nicer way since I don't need to use dired. :-)

Thanks,

Paulo Matos

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Re: Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Hadron Quark]

"Paulo J. Matos" <pocmatos@gmail.com> writes:

> On 05/08/06, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>> > cd /directory/to/run/in && make target
>>
>> I usually use `make -C /some/dir'
>>
>
> Ah, that's nice. Didn't know about the -C flag.
> After Peter and Kevin replies I just dired to the directory and called
> compile from there. :-)
>
> -C seems a nicer way since I don't need to use dired. :-)
>

In addition, if you open a file, emacs assumes that directory when you compile.