From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca>
Cc: Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: xref-find-definitions
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:43:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878s7ctu4r.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86wnuxiaj5.fsf@x201.butler.org> (Leo Butler's message of "Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:30:06 -0600")
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Leo Butler <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
> What is the name of the regexp used by xref-find-definitions to determine
> the identifier? I have looked in xref.el, but I don't see any way to do
> this.
Depending on the backend, it will call the method
xref-backend-identifier-at-point, that defaults to symbol-at-point, so
it doesn't use a regular expression in that sense.
> Leo
>
> PS:
>
> M-. runs the command xref-find-definitions (found in global-map),
> which is an autoloaded interactive compiled Lisp function in
> ‘xref.el’.
>
> It is bound to M-., <menu-bar> <edit> <goto> <xref-find-def>.
>
> (xref-find-definitions IDENTIFIER)
>
> Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 25.1.
>
> Find the definition of the identifier at point.
> With prefix argument or when there’s no identifier at point,
> prompt for it.
>
> If sufficient information is available to determine a unique
> definition for IDENTIFIER, display it in the selected window.
> Otherwise, display the list of the possible definitions in a
> buffer where the user can select from the list.
>
>
>
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Philip K.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-25 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-24 18:30 xref-find-definitions Leo Butler
2021-02-24 18:58 ` xref-find-definitions Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-24 19:38 ` xref-find-definitions Leo Butler
2021-02-24 21:48 ` xref-find-definitions Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-25 8:43 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2021-02-25 12:38 ` xref-find-definitions Dmitry Gutov
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