Re: Let compilation start in one directory below current one

[Andreas Politz]

Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> stephan.zimmer wrote:
> > I would like to start my compilation in one directory deeper than the
> > current. Unfortunately, a local variable specification as
> >
> > % -*- ... compile-directory: (concat default-directory ".."); ... -*-
> >
> > is not working. Does anyone has an idea (except adding "cd.." to the
> > compile command)?
>
> There is no such variable defined or referenced in compile.el.
>
> As far as I know, setting compile-command to "cd .." first is the right
> way to do it.

defun my-compilation-process-setup-function
 ...
 if boundp compile-directory
   setq compile-command ( concat "cd " compile-directory "; " ....


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-ap

Ps: Due to the economic crisis I am out of parentheses.