Re: vpath builds & emacs "next-error"

[Earnie Boyd]

Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I often use autoconf's nice VPATH build feature when installing
> 3rd party software.  
>
> When developing my own, however, I find that doing so confuses xemacs.
> I normally build using emacs' "compile" function, and use "next-error"
> to step through and fix things up.  When building with builddir !=
> srcdir, xemacs can no longer find the source file when I press
> "next-error".  It starts asking me for a directory in which to look.
>
> Is there a fix for this?

Sounds like you need an emacs list instead of autoconf.

Earnie.