Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:16:49 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Glenn R Fulford <g-fulford AT adfa DOT oz DOT au>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: IDE mode for emacs
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Glenn R Fulford wrote:

> Is there any sort of IDE mode for emacs that will make emacs behave like 
> Rhide, in particular, provide support for automatic generation of makefiles?

Do you mean automatic generation of makefiles from the project files?  If 
so, it doesn't make sense in Emacs, since Emacs doesn't support project 
files.

The usual way to generate a Makefile-style dependencies automatically is
to use the -M or -MM switch to gcc.  There is a command in Emacs which 
will run an external program, catch its output and and insert it into the 
file you are editing.  If you run gcc -MM this way, you'll get a Makefile 
rule inserted into the Makefile for every file that you compile.

What other features do you need to make Emacs behave ``like rhide''?  
IMHO, Emacs is an IDE already, so it doesn't need an IDE mode.