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 configured to use any program for checking the contents of a buffer.
-The [[Flyspell]] mode provides a similar functionality for spellchecking
+[[Flycheck]] provides a similar functionality and aims at replacing Flymake. For a detailed comparison to Flycheck see [http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/user/flycheck-versus-flymake.html#flycheck-versus-flymake Flycheck versus Flymake].
 == Configuration ==

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		+	= Overview =
		+
		+	Flymake is a on-the-fly syntax checker for Emacs. It works by running a
		+	preconfigured syntax check tool in the background, processing the tool's
		+	output and highlighting errors in the current Buffer. The most common
		+	use is to check computer programs for errors, although flymake can be
		+	configured to use any program for checking the contents of a buffer.
		+
		+	The [[Flyspell]] mode provides a similar functionality for spellchecking
		+	a document on the fly.
		+
		+	== Configuration ==
		+
		+	This section details how to make flymake work with different
		+	programming languages.
		+
		+	=== C ===
		+
		+	Using flymake with the C programming language requires some
		+	setup. Flymake expects a [http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ Makefile] in
		+	the current directory. The Makefile is required to have a target named
		+	"check-syntax". Thus a minimal Makefile for getting flymake to work
		+	could look like this:
		+
		+	{{Snippet\|
		+	.PHONY: check-syntax
		+
		+	# depending on the compiler, -fsyntax-only has to be
		+	# replaced by another option
		+
		+	check-syntax:
		+	$(CC) -fsyntax-only $(CHK_SOURCES)
		+	}}