Re: compile command

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Rodrigo Canellas articulated on 11/25/2004 11:00 PM:

>Hi,
>
>
>In my '.emacs' I have this:
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>    (global-set-key [f9] 'compile)
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>But I would like to 'make' the project when I pressed 'f9'. 
>
>I tried 
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>    (global-set-key [f9] '(compile make))   
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>but I got a syntax error.
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>I also tried (global-set-key [f9] '(compile (make)))  
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>but I got this message:
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>    Wrong type argument: commandp, (compile (make)
>
>
>Does anyone know how it should be done?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Rodrigo Canellas
>
>
>  
>
You need to write something like
(defun run-make()
"Runs make skipping the intermediate `compile' step."
(interactive)
(shell-command "/directory/to/make/executable/make -f
/directory/to/makefile/Makefile1" "*run-make*" "*run-make-errors"))
And then bind this function to f9 by
(global-set-key [f9] 'run-make)

Others may have better suggestions.

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