Re: perl-mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dietmar Kehr wrote:
> I can't see any difference in the work of `M-x compile'
> if I use
>
>  (add-hook 'perl-mode-hook
>             (lambda ()
>               (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
>                    (format "perl %s"
>                            (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)))))
>
> (I've wrote it in a file and have loaded it with 'load-file').
>
>
> In both cases (with and without it) after using
> `M-x compile' emacs suggests 'make -k'
> and behaves in the same way.

You need to invoke perl-mode, either explicitly via M-x or implicitly by
visiting a Perl file.

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Kevin Rodgers