Re: opening correct source file on compile error

[kl . vanw]

Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> kl.vanw@gmail.com wrote:
> > Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> >> kl.vanw@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> Here's my situation. My header files (C++) are located in a dir named
> >>> src/lib. These are the files I edit and are CVS managed. When I run
> >>> 'make', make copies the headers into include/, which my other source
> >>> files include. Then if there was an error in one of the headers, and I
> >>> use 'next-error' in the compilation buffer to open the header, emacs
> >>> opens the file in the include/ directory, but I really need it to open
> >>> the header in src/lib. Can I some how help emacs find the right file?
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately, I don't have the option of changing the way our makefile
> >>> works or the #include statements.
> >> Try this:
> >>
> >> (add-hook 'find-file-hook
> >>      (lambda ()
> >>        (let* ((file (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name))
> >>               (directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name))
> >>               (alternate-file (expand-file-name file "../src/lib")))
> >>          (when (and (equal (file-name-nondirectory
> >>                             (directory-file-name directory))
> >>                            "include")
> >>                     (file-exists-p alternate-file))
> >>            (find-alternate-file alternate-file)))))
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kevin
> >
> > I tried that, but it didn't work. I also tried specifing the full paths
> > in the above, but it didn't work either. Did you verify that it works
> > for you?
>
> Ah, it works in Emacs 22.  To make it work in older versions, use
> find-file-hooks (plural) instead of find-file-hook.

Yes, I have Emacs 21.3.1. I couldn't get that to work either. Maybe I'm
messing up the paths. To be more explicit, the files I edit are in
~/project/math/src/lib/math/ and gmake puts them in
~/project/math/include/math/.

--
Kevin