Re: java and M-x compile

[kgold]

LENNART BORGMAN <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se> writes: By default
> M-x compile RET runs "make -k". The emacs manual says that this
> should be good for most simple programs. It does not seem to be very
> good for a simple java program.
> 
> At least not for me, using GNU Make 3.80 on W2k. Is there something
> I am missing? (Of course I can still compile java in Emacs, but
> could make -k work by default, or does it need a makefile?)

It might mean that make typically comes with standard defaults, so
e.g., knows to run a C compiler on .c files.

However, most users will create a custom makefile relevant to their
project.

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Ken Goldman   kgold@watson.ibm.com   914-784-7646