From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Case Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Another dumb elisp query ?? -- SOLVED Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:45:31 -0400 Message-ID: <1177865132.3152.123.camel@CASE> References: <1177697749.3152.84.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177865124 15599 80.91.229.12 (29 Apr 2007 16:45:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:45:24 +0000 (UTC) To: EMACS List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 29 18:45:23 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HiCWY-0005wX-15 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:45:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCcd-0003pI-A7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:51:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCcN-0003pD-HR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:51:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCcK-0003p1-Vx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCcK-0003oy-QA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.36.79]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HiCWE-0000JE-Mb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:45:02 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 15085 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2007 16:45:02 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Subject:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=VySY7UyxwUXl8lL7pysIPjXmXM3hauHEnCrASBZNTgAf+DONFlkd8iiX3CUS1wcIfTnSXcuKbWZycrHLrGsu8AK+BQgPsO2jRi0/b/Qdde+D8qrOiArzDYGT90eqqRe+VEHMm34KWBUZX7kW0ZM2Bq9nSwMxwNtcyN2EKCsgzyE= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.4?) (billlinux@rogers.com@74.104.51.86 with plain) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2007 16:45:02 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: RswxGAUVM1ktZ9CnXMUjiOdyLdIzqsWnXhuYXZ.paw9EaBL4K8PyPTbKs9lim5M5hg-- In-Reply-To: <1177697749.3152.84.camel@CASE> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43351 Archived-At: On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 14:15 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > In the tutorial I am using I have come to the TAGS file compilation > part. Following the instructions in the Tutorial and the Info Manual as > well as digesting the process has not been difficult. > > What I want to check is where to create the TAGS file. I know I would > want to put a TAGS file in a directory were I am building a project in > the future but.. where should I put the TAGS file for emacs itself. The > Tutorial and Manual only ambiguously say: "in the appropriate directory" > then give me suggestions for directories I and emacs don't use. Plus > they make reference to source files which don't seem to exist > separately. (I can download them if need be.) > > I do have '/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/emacs-lisp/' and > '/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/' that contain my *.el (text) files. Would > it be normal practice to compile TAGS files in those two directories? > Once I was shown by a friend that etags is a system command, or at least a command executed by the system, the question of TAGS placement became clear. I didn't matter; probably everyone has their emacs and lisp TAGS in a different place. I ended up putting it in a personal general emacs folder I use for practice and/or testing. If someone has a better idea let me know please. -- Regards Bill