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From: bandu@acsu.buffalo.edu (Jagath Samarabandu)
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Subject: Re: compile c in emacs
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Date: 14 Feb 91 20:35:03 GMT
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In article <59658@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> haozhou@acsu.buffalo.edu (Hao Zhou) writes:
>My question is how do you compile c source code within emacs without
>creating a shell window? I am on Sparc/SunOS.

One neat trick I found (this is probably common knowledge. But I'll say it
anyway) is to define the compile command as a 'buffer-local' variable and then 
bind the M-x compile to a key combination like C-c C-c. Then, when I type C-c
C-c, voila... It gives the correct command.

By adding this at the end of a file called boundary.c, I can define the
compile-command variable.

/* Local Variables: */
/* compile-command: "gcc boundary.c -o boundary -lm -O" */
/* End: */

Capitalization and space between '/*', '*/'  and all words are important.

Bandu

PS: All this (and more) can be found in the info section while in gnu-emacs.