[AUCTeX] How to display progress of makefile compilation via C-c C-l when makefile is called via C-c C-x?

[Hofert Jan Marius]

Hi,

If I have a larger LaTeX project to compile, I typically use a Makefile. With 
"C-c C-c make" I can compile the project and with "C-c C-l" I can view the 
(last line of the) output (for monitoring). However, I cannot specify specific 
arguments to make (unless I specifically define these calls in ~/.emacs). In 
contrast, "C-c C-x" runs "compile" and I can specify arguments to make, such as 
"make distclean" for example. However, when I run the Makefile via "C-c C-x", 
then "C-c C-l" gives me "No process for this document", so monitoring the 
output of make is not easily possible anymore (of course, one can change to  
the output buffer and jump downwards, but that's comparably tedious).

Is it possible to have "C-c C-l" work for "C-c C-x" as it does for "C-c C-c 
make"?

Cheers,

Marius

PS: This is on Ubuntu 12.04, with Emacs 24 and AUCTeX 11.86.