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I want to try implmenting "optimistic compiling" with emacs.

Optimistic compiling is simple: everytime an editor saves a .c 
file, it forks a job to compile it in the background.  If a 
previous job is compiling the same file, it is killed first.

The idea is this: if you modify several .c files, all but the 
last one will be .o files by the time you hit the main make
command.  This assumes you are working on a machine which can
compile and edit without slowing down the edits much.

Any ideas how to do this?  I know the raw materials are in there
somewhere, because the compile command does some of what I want.
I just want it to automatically fire when I save a file, and I 
need to change the command line slightly based on the file being
saved.

I use emacs 18.59, which I've never modified or customized.
Any ideas on how to start?

Joshua Levy  (joshua@veritas.com)  408-727-1222x253