# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1035915521 0 # Node ID 6be0f6ca3d4966ba473f9b3081edb9ca23279b20 # Parent 272d4a04afac5bf4aae60e579591c769b8871512 Add xref to Make manual. diff -r 272d4a04afac -r 6be0f6ca3d49 man/building.texi --- a/man/building.texi Tue Oct 29 18:17:50 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/building.texi Tue Oct 29 18:18:41 2002 +0000 @@ -68,11 +68,13 @@ directory. @vindex compile-command - When the shell command line is read, the minibuffer appears containing -a default command line, which is the command you used the last time you -did @kbd{M-x compile}. If you type just @key{RET}, the same command -line is used again. For the first @kbd{M-x compile}, the default is -@samp{make -k}. The default compilation command comes from the variable + When the shell command line is read, the minibuffer appears +containing a default command line, which is the command you used the +last time you did @kbd{M-x compile}. If you type just @key{RET}, the +same command line is used again. For the first @kbd{M-x compile}, the +default is @samp{make -k}, which is correct most of the time for +nontrivial programs. (@xref{Make,, Make, make, GNU Make Manual}.) +The default compilation command comes from the variable @code{compile-command}; if the appropriate compilation command for a file is something other than @samp{make -k}, it can be useful for the file to specify a local value for @code{compile-command} (@pxref{File