setting compile-command

setting compile-command

[Andrea Crotti]

It would be nice to set the compile-command for every project with
dir-local variables.
The problem is that the compile-command should be run from the root
directory of the project, but apparently it doesn't work like that
automatically and the "make" is run from the current position.

I ended up with something like "cd $PROJ_DIR && make" but I believe that
there must be a better way to do that, am I right?

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GNU Emacs 24.0.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.0)
 of 2011-04-22 on plaetekopp

Re: setting compile-command

[Thomas Hisch]

Thank you for the question! Coincidentally, I have the exact same
problem and I look forward to the answers!

Regards
Thomas

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Andrea Crotti
<andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be nice to set the compile-command for every project with
> dir-local variables.
> The problem is that the compile-command should be run from the root
> directory of the project, but apparently it doesn't work like that
> automatically and the "make" is run from the current position.
>
> I ended up with something like "cd $PROJ_DIR && make" but I believe that
> there must be a better way to do that, am I right?
>
> --
> GNU Emacs 24.0.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.0)
>  of 2011-04-22 on plaetekopp
>
>

Re: setting compile-command

[Andrea Crotti]

Thomas Hisch <t.hisch@gmail.com> writes:

> Thank you for the question! Coincidentally, I have the exact same
> problem and I look forward to the answers!
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>

Yes it's a bit annoying, strange because I think it should be easy to
just get the path where the .dir-locals is...
One way would be of course to recurse backward looking for it, that
might be a solution, but I think there should be an easier one.

Re: setting compile-command

[Ken Goldman]

I can offer a work around.

After you compile once from the root directory, emacs will create a
'compile' frame. Keep that frame available and M-x compile
from it.

On 04/27/2011 11:49 AM, Andrea Crotti wrote:
> It would be nice to set the compile-command for every project with
> dir-local variables. The problem is that the compile-command should
> be run from the root directory of the project, but apparently it
> doesn't work like that automatically and the "make" is run from the
> current position.
>
> I ended up with something like "cd $PROJ_DIR&&  make" but I believe
> that there must be a better way to do that, am I right?
>

Re: setting compile-command

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

On 09.05.2011 5:20, Ken Goldman wrote:
> I can offer a work around.
>
> After you compile once from the root directory, emacs will create a
> 'compile' frame. Keep that frame available and M-x compile
> from it.
>
Or after first compile just M-x recompile.

This command remember previous dir and build command.