27 Compiling and Testing Programs

The previous chapter discusses the Emacs commands that are useful for making changes in programs. This chapter deals with commands that assist in the process of compiling and testing programs.

• Compilation		Compiling programs in languages other than Lisp (C, Pascal, etc.).
• Compilation Mode		The mode for visiting compiler errors.
• Compilation Shell		Customizing your shell properly for use in the compilation buffer.
• Grep Searching		Searching with grep.
• Flymake		Finding syntax errors on the fly.
• Debuggers		Running symbolic debuggers for non-Lisp programs.
• Executing Lisp		Various modes for editing Lisp programs, with different facilities for running the Lisp programs.
• Libraries		How Lisp programs are loaded into Emacs.
• Eval		Executing a single Lisp expression in Emacs.
• Interaction		Executing Lisp in an Emacs buffer.
• External Lisp		Communicating through Emacs with a separate Lisp.