Re: Per-directory init files?

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to have per-directory init files?
>
> I've got a directory where I need to run "./install" after each round of 
> edits to any file in that directory.  What I'd like to do is make 
> "./install" my default compile command, but only when I'm in that 
> directory.  How can I do that?

Emacs 23 will have support for directory-local variables.

For now you can use
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/project-local-variables.el

See also:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ProjectSettings

> Amazingly enough, OSX doesn't seem to ship with make

As Peter said, you'll need to install the Developer tools.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher