5.15.2 Make Usage ¶
It is recommended that some basic knowledge of the make command is known before using Casual Make.
When in a Makefile buffer, use M-m (or your binding of choice) to raise the menu casual-make-tmenu. You will be presented with a menu with the following sections:
- Edit
Commands for editing the makefile. Note that the backslash and comment commands require a region to be selected.
- Pickup as targets
Commands for synchronizing
make-modewith the target definitions in the makefile. Use these commands to refresh the known list of targets.- Misc
Miscellaneous commands related to working with a makefile.
- Navigate
Commands to support navigation within the makefile.
Unless you edit makefiles frequently, it is unlikely to recall what an automatic variable declaration means. Casual Make provides the command casual-make-identify-autovar-region to identify a region-selected automatic variable via the menu item “. Identify Auto Var” in casual-make-tmenu. A short description of the automatic variable is shown in the mini-buffer.