Re: help with makefile command line

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

"Balaji V. Iyer" <bviyer@ncsu.edu> wrote:

> I tried the following command but it doesn't seem to work (If anyone
> have a better idea please let me know).
>
> (function
>  (lambda ()
>    (unless (or (file-exists-p "makefile")
>                (file-exists-p "Makefile"))
>      (setq compile-command
>            (concat "gcc -Wall -O3 -o"
>                    (file-name-sans-extension (file-name-nondirectory
> buffer-file -name))
>                    " "
>                    (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name))))))

You create an (nameless) function that will set a new `compile-command'.
However, you don't call the function, therefore you don't see any
effect.

If you did
(funcall (lambda () ...
the function would be executed immediately and do what you want.

Certainly you'll want it to execute automatically:
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook (lambda () ...
will automatically call your function when you open a C file.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher