Re: Builder, a build system integration for Emacs

[Björn Bidar]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> 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.

This is what projectile's project types do. I think these would be a
good fit to port to project.el since these are about more than building
but also testing and debugging etc.

I think it impossible to get a one size fits all tool that will abstract
all project types.