From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] etags/ctags v22.0.92 break Linux kernel `make TAGS/tags` Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:26:08 +0100 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: References: <1166990491.2706.205.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167748225 25003 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2007 14:30:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 02 15:30:20 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H1keh-0003YZ-Lb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:30:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H1keh-0006fy-4X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:30:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H1keO-0006cr-Hl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:30:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H1keM-0006b3-OY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:29:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H1keM-0006ag-EL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:29:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1H1keL-000478-VA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:29:58 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H1ke9-0005IF-NL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:29:46 +0100 Original-Received: from dhcp33.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.71.33]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:29:45 +0100 Original-Received: from ich by dhcp33.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:29:45 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp33.uni-koblenz.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:64637 Archived-At: Francesco Potorti` writes: > After checking the behaviour of Exuberant ctags, I decided to follow the > same route and allow for duplicated tags in ctags mode. I added an > undocumented option --no-duplicates, just for emergency, that may be > deleted in a future release of Etags. I also undocumented the existing > --no-warn option. > > If anyone wants to comment on this change, please let me know. > > On a related issue, the Exuberant ctags standard for an extended Vi tags > format is described at , and is > currently implemented and supported at least by Vim. I am willing to > implement it in Etags, when it is working in ctags mode. Again, if > anyone wants to comment on this, please let me know. Why shipping an own ctags/etags implementation at all? I mean Exuberant ctags works really well (at least in my experience as a C++ coder much better than the Emacs etags) and it's GPL software. -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.