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authorChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2011-01-14 22:10:38 -0500
committerChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2011-01-14 22:10:38 -0500
commitbb033b5f612524de2410c8491170b008a04e8994 (patch)
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* building.texi (Compilation): Improve instructions for running two compilations (Bug#7573).
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/building.texi8
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index d1e5beb7384..70cc9399a3f 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2011-01-15 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+ * building.texi (Compilation): Improve instructions for running two
+ compilations (Bug#7573).
+
* files.texi (Backup Names): Document the new location of the
last-resort backup file.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi
index dcfa60ecc81..296dbb2bce7 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/building.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ confirmation before actually killing a compilation that is running.
You can also kill the compilation process with @kbd{M-x
kill-compilation}.
- If you want to run two compilations at once, you should start the
-first one, then rename the @samp{*compilation*} buffer (perhaps using
-@code{rename-uniquely}; @pxref{Misc Buffer}), and start the other
-compilation. That will create a new @samp{*compilation*} buffer.
+ To run two compilations at once, start the first one, then rename
+the @samp{*compilation*} buffer (perhaps using @code{rename-uniquely};
+@pxref{Misc Buffer}), then switch buffers and start the other
+compilation. This will create a new @samp{*compilation*} buffer.
Emacs does not expect a compiler process to launch asynchronous
subprocesses; if it does, and they keep running after the main