Compilation
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Overview of built-ins features and packages to Compile stuff within Emacs.
M-x compile and compilation-mode
Built-in. The compilation mode allows to navigate around errors and files paths. Indeed, it highlights them and makes them clickable.
Some keybindings: (for the full help, see C-h f compilation-mode RET)
- C-c TAB or C-c ` (backquote) to go to the next error. There's also
previous-errorwith C-c backtab. - C-c C-f
next-error-follow-minor-modewill automatically open the source file when you navigate around errors. - click or type RET on an error to go the file on the specific line.
helm-make - Makefile targets completion
See helm-make, an helm-based package. It allows to call a make target from anywhere in a project (it searches the project root) and to choose a command with fuzzy completion.