How to compile C-code within emacs?

How to compile C-code within emacs?

[ssecorp]

Is there a way to set up Emacs so I can compile C-code to an exe from
within emacs itself?
Perhaps this is even a built-in?

Is gcc the preferred C-compiler for most?

Re: How to compile C-code within emacs?

[Barry Margolin]

In article 
<8e12fcf8-a569-4250-addd-ce3a23fcfacd@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
 ssecorp <circularfunc@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to set up Emacs so I can compile C-code to an exe from
> within emacs itself?
> Perhaps this is even a built-in?
> 
> Is gcc the preferred C-compiler for most?

M-x compile

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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Re: How to compile C-code within emacs?

[ssecorp]

On Aug 23, 11:29 pm, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article
> <8e12fcf8-a569-4250-addd-ce3a23fcf...@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  ssecorp <circularf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to set up Emacs so I can compile C-code to an exe from
> > within emacs itself?
> > Perhaps this is even a built-in?
>
> > Is gcc the preferred C-compiler for most?
>
> M-x compile
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

and then I write?

DO I have to put a path to a c-compiler in .emacs?

I use windows btw.

Re: How to compile C-code within emacs?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 23.08.2008 um 22:27 schrieb ssecorp:

> Is there a way to set up Emacs so I can compile C-code to an exe from
> within emacs itself?

Yes. Tell it how to do it in compile-mode (i.e., pass the compile  
command).

> Perhaps this is even a built-in?

Compile-mode knows how to handle a [Mm]akefile.

>
> Is gcc the preferred C-compiler for most?

For me: yes.

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   Pete

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Re: How to compile C-code within emacs?

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

ssecorp <circularfunc@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Aug 23, 11:29 pm, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> M-x compile
>
> and then I write?

Whatever you'd write on a command line.

> DO I have to put a path to a c-compiler in .emacs?

If it isn't in the PATH, yes.  Put it in `exec-path'.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher