Re: How to pre-load compile command history?

[Tom]

Roy Smith <roy <at> panix.com> writes:

> 
> I'm running GNU Emacs 23.1.1.  In my init.el file, I set my default compile 
command:
> 
> (global-set-key "\C-cm" 'compile)
> (setq compile-command "cd /home/roy/songza/code/radio/api/mobile/test; python 
test_api.py")
> 
> That works fine, but now I've got several different commands that I run often.
  Is there some way to pre-load
> them into the compile history, so I can just do c-c m, then up-arrow though
 the history to pick the one I want?
> 

The simplest solution is to use savehist mode to save and restore minibuffer
histories. This is really useful in case of other history prompts too.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SaveHist