Re: Run shell command from latex?

[Joel J. Adamson]

Nikolaj Schumacher <n_schumacher@web.de> writes:

> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) wrote:
>
>> David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:
>>
>> As for not wanting to type "make" every time, (1) you don't: the default
>> compile-command comes up in the minibuffer and you hit RET; and
>
> Ever better, bind `recompile' to a key, and you won't have to hit RET at
> all.
>
>> (2) get
>> real: yes you can skip that extra keystroke but do you want to deal with
>> the crap you're going to get from skipping it?  What happens if you
>> change your mind about which command to run?
>
> What should happen?  Unless you're using `compile' for "rm -rf ~/", it
> doesn't strike me as the kind of command that requires you to think
> twice about using it.

If instead of using a makefile, I've just written one piece of code and
I still want to use compilation-mode, I just want to compile it with say

gcc -o blah blah.c

then I wouldn't use the command "make," obviously.  My point was that if
OP is in that sort of situation, and he uses "make" then he will be
disappointed with the results.  I *would* rather think about it.

Joel

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