# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1295061038 18000 # Node ID 4e6ae7191e28de04ad2e3b8c0f552152826f1c08 # Parent bee0a8fef127b76ad747f7d72851512f79d8540d * building.texi (Compilation): Improve instructions for running two compilations (Bug#7573). diff -r bee0a8fef127 -r 4e6ae7191e28 doc/emacs/ChangeLog --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog Fri Jan 14 21:55:58 2011 -0500 +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog Fri Jan 14 22:10:38 2011 -0500 @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2011-01-15 Chong Yidong + * building.texi (Compilation): Improve instructions for running two + compilations (Bug#7573). + * files.texi (Backup Names): Document the new location of the last-resort backup file. diff -r bee0a8fef127 -r 4e6ae7191e28 doc/emacs/building.texi --- a/doc/emacs/building.texi Fri Jan 14 21:55:58 2011 -0500 +++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi Fri Jan 14 22:10:38 2011 -0500 @@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ You can also kill the compilation process with @kbd{M-x kill-compilation}. - If you want to run two compilations at once, you should start the -first one, then rename the @samp{*compilation*} buffer (perhaps using -@code{rename-uniquely}; @pxref{Misc Buffer}), and start the other -compilation. That will create a new @samp{*compilation*} buffer. + To run two compilations at once, start the first one, then rename +the @samp{*compilation*} buffer (perhaps using @code{rename-uniquely}; +@pxref{Misc Buffer}), then switch buffers and start the other +compilation. This will create a new @samp{*compilation*} buffer. Emacs does not expect a compiler process to launch asynchronous subprocesses; if it does, and they keep running after the main