Re: Compiling C++ in Emacs (read Compiling and Testing...)

[Kevin Rodgers]

Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> I'm probably missing something. I have a dir: software/prog/ where I
> have a Makefile and some sources managed by autotools (which generate
> the Makefile).
> Then I have software/prog-build, where I run: ../prog/configure ... etc.
> This way I'm editing in software/prog and running make in 
> software/prog-build.
>
> My guess is if I do M-x compile, make will run in software/prog where
> there is not any makefile, because after all, there's where the file
> is being edited.

Above, you said software/prog is where the Makefile resides.

> How can I pass the directory where the make command should be run?

M-x compile RET
C-a C-k
cd /directory/to/run/in && make target

--
Kevin