Questions tagged [etags]
A program that creates `TAGS` files for locating definitions (primarily of functions and variables).
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Can you generate a tags table for CMD scripting?
I am working on an elaborate script for Windows using CMD.EXE scripting.
It walks a tree of files and folders and uses our specialized file transfer program to send the tree to a remote location. ...
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How to hook a TAG file with Emacs (Git-bash / windows)
I've successfully created a Tag file and could wade through the code using keys like M-,, but every time I need to choose the tag file for searching, so, I am looking for a way to hook the tag file I ...
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"VC method not implemented for backend" for project-find call
I am trying out project based search via project-find-regexp, but I get the error:
vc-call-backend: VC method not implemented for backend: find-ignore-file, CVS
How can I fix this? I assume this is a ...
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how to go to the first definition with xref-find-definitions, do not show all options?
When I press gd to go to the definition of a class in C++, Emacs splits the screen and shows me two definition options that I need to click on with one of them. I'm used to coc.nvim where I would just ...
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ETAGS with dependencies
I'm trying to use emacs for C development. From here, I understand that in order to see the definitions of functions, I need to use something called etags. My code is:
#include <stdlib.h>
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How to use xref-find-references on Elisp files without "No references found for" errors
I am using GNU Emacs 26.3 on Ubuntu 19.10.
I have a directory full of Emacs Lisp files with the .el file extension. All of them are loaded into the currently running Emacs. I can open up one of ...
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Make 'ctags' detect fortran's "module procedure" pattern?
I am using ctags to index fortran files for code navigation in Emacs with M-..
In doing so I have noticed that it doesn't recognize declarations of the form
MODULE PROCEDURE MySubroutineName ! or
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Improving Etags support for fortran?
When using xref with Fortran I noticed that indexing by etags is highly incomplete; Almost exclusively subroutines (and maybe functions) are index, but modules, types, constants and global variables ...
