Re: how to use bash alias in emacs compile

[Barry Margolin]

In article 
<a0a22d31-830a-4488-96c8-2846e47fcff4@v1g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
 "Daniel (Youngwhan)" <breadncup@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have alias like this:
> 
> alias dm='cd ~/XYZ && ./mycompile.sh'
> 
> I typed M-x compile, and tried to run by just typing "dm", but it
> doesn't recognize.
> 
> I searched and some suggest BASH_ENV, so I tried, but not working.
> 
> I'm using GNU emacs 23.4.1 running on Linux (Ubuntu 2.6.38 kernel),
> and GNU Bash version is 4.1.5.
> 
> When I type "alias" in M-x compile, it shows dm in right way, but it
> looks the "compile" in emacs does not recognize bash alias.
> 
> Is there anyone who resolve this problem? Or it is impossible to use
> bash alias in emacs compile.

Have you tried changing your alias into a script that can be found via 
your $PATH?

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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