(Compilation): Clarify recompile's directory choice.

diff --git a/man/building.texi b/man/building.texi
index b3c7fa4f2da166a107f995566e73045fbb8f453a..99bc20260b2c0cd8b2fe9037a78af794bda366c2 100644 (file)
--- a/man/building.texi
+++ b/man/building.texi
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ that is running.  You can also kill the compilation process with
 
 @findex recompile
   To rerun the last compilation with the same command, type @kbd{M-x
-recompile}.  This automatically reuses the compilation command from the
-last invocation of @kbd{M-x compile}.
+recompile}.  This automatically reuses the compilation command from
+the last invocation of @kbd{M-x compile}.  It also reuses the
+@samp{*compilation*} buffer and starts the compilation in its default
+directory, which is the directory in which the previous compilation
+was started.
 
   Emacs does not expect a compiler process to launch asynchronous
 subprocesses; if it does, and they keep running after the main