# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1115716912 0
# Node ID ebb9e325798ed922b40774d6cdcca8371a35b779
# Parent  896651c6cfa5f61c592290c9379b802cad7c587a
(Compilation): Clarify recompile's directory choice.

diff -r 896651c6cfa5 -r ebb9e325798e man/building.texi
--- a/man/building.texi	Tue May 10 09:20:52 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/building.texi	Tue May 10 09:21:52 2005 +0000
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@
 
 @findex recompile
   To rerun the last compilation with the same command, type @kbd{M-x
-recompile}.  This automatically reuses the compilation command from the
-last invocation of @kbd{M-x compile}.
+recompile}.  This automatically reuses the compilation command from
+the last invocation of @kbd{M-x compile}.  It also reuses the
+@samp{*compilation*} buffer and starts the compilation in its default
+directory, which is the directory in which the previous compilation
+was started.
 
   Emacs does not expect a compiler process to launch asynchronous
 subprocesses; if it does, and they keep running after the main