From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22947: 25.0.92; xref-find-definitions fails for Perl & etags Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:59:08 +0200 Message-ID: <83egbhjc1v.fsf@gnu.org> References: <22239.6546.544495.576771@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <88256367-3f1d-6dda-a509-d89e3c8e6c28@yandex.ru> <22239.36324.478948.721025@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <83y49qlbam.fsf@gnu.org> <272376b7-ad78-a16d-ceeb-d7408fb59fdb@yandex.ru> <83oaaml57e.fsf@gnu.org> <2823a513-de6a-2c99-fc06-825efb1f0be0@yandex.ru> <83io0ul2vb.fsf@gnu.org> <2c9b9fe9-4df0-1ba2-123d-ab4743bf49ca@yandex.ru> <83ziu5jv92.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457708435 3839 80.91.229.3 (11 Mar 2016 15:00:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22947@debbugs.gnu.org, rogers@modulargenetics.com To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 11 16:00:16 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOY3-0002HJ-SO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:00:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOY3-0007lS-D1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:00:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49306) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXu-0007gZ-PC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:00:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXq-0005sJ-LQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:00:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48113) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXq-0005sD-Ii for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXq-0005fz-C6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:00:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22947 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22947-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22947.145770838621768 (code B ref 22947); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22947) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Mar 2016 14:59:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45240 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXZ-0005f2-RV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:59:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58258) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXZ-0005eq-11 for 22947@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:59:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXO-0005iT-09 for 22947@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:59:39 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46983) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXJ-0005i6-5V; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:59:29 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3767 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aeOXI-00010b-Eq; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:59:28 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Dmitry Gutov on Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:46:25 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:114751 Archived-At: > Cc: 22947@debbugs.gnu.org, rogers@modulargenetics.com > From: Dmitry Gutov > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:46:25 +0200 > > On 03/11/2016 10:04 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Etags never had these features, so you are asking for enhancements. I > > suggest to file a separate wishlist bug report with these requests, > > and maybe Someone will implement them at some point. > > There's nothing to implement in Emacs, both of these scenarios should > work already. I said "etags", not "emacs". > And allowing the output of qualified+unqualified, in etags, doesn't seem > like a huge job to me. For languages where qualified tags are already created, maybe. (C-like languages might be not so easy, due to the state machines they use.) But are we sure all languages do? > > Note that adding such a feature would mean extending the generation of > > class-qualified names to all the languages which have a notion of a > > class or a package, so it's not a small job, and requires to have a > > good understanding of many languages. > > We can perfectly well choose to support this feature only for a few > languages. It's better than nothing. I'm not sure "better than nothing" is good enough. Anyway, I don't really understand what we are arguing about. > Here's the relevant excerpt from ctags's manpage: Thanks, but why do you think I don't have it installed? > Ultimately, it's your choice, of course. Volunteers are free to beat me to it, if they have an itch to scratch.