Using E-macs I Have A Problem!

[Anonymous]

Hi

I have been trying to use e-macs for programming i made the most simple program that can be made to test it out ie the "hello world" program i then made a program to print integers of 2 ie 2,4,6,8,10 etc

But i had a problem with the compiling, i went to tools clicked compile and each time all i heard was a single beep noise, the program was no where to be seen. I am not sure if the printf statement is one to display "hello world" or actually to print it out, if it is to print it out perhaps i dont have a linux compatible printer.

Please help.

[bpark]

First, emacs is emacs without the dash.
I forget how to compile in emacs without using a makefile but I suppose that if you do compile, you will get an executable file called a.out (if you are using gcc or g++). Check if that file is in your working directory in which you compiled the source. What does emacs say when you hit compile?

[Dolda2000]

I really don't think emacs will compile anything at all without a Makefile. I'm not really sure about that menubar command, but I think it just calls emacs' compile command, which just calls make as it is.

[Anonymous]

When i try to click the compile button nothing happens only a beep and nothing else at all.

[caffeine]

Try typing the following in the directory with the source code.

$ make myProg

(change myProg to your program name. My example will work if the C file is called myProg.c )

[bpark]

Won't he need to make a makefile first?

[caffeine]

Nope. Make seems to have some default rules.

If you say "make myProg" and there happens to be a myProg.c file laying about, it'll build an executable myProg from myProg.c