Re: Builder, a build system integration for Emacs

[Philip Kaludercic]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>>
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>>>   > As far as I know, Emacs does not provide a convenient way to use build
>>>   > systems,
>>>
>>> Isn't "use build systems" what M-x compile does?
>>> Assuming that each bui;d system provides a shell command to invoke it,
>>> M-x compile can run that command and build the package.
>>
>> The issue is not what M-x compile, but that with a lot of modern
>> programming languages the build systems are complex but automatable, to
>> a point that it would be nice if Emacs could detect the necessary
>> information to invoke the right command or sequence of commands.
>
> Isn't this the province of EDE (Emacs Development Environment)?

I might be wrong, but I am under the impression that EDE is not actively
maintained, and that newer systems like project and Eglot have taken
over.