From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Subject: Re: how to find delaration of a variable
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:17:14 +0200
Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Message-ID: <87ad112i05.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de>
References: <c69jco$ppl$1@mughi.cs.ubc.ca> <x5n053hakq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
	<c69rvd$rsh$1@mughi.cs.ubc.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082842412 4528 80.91.224.253 (24 Apr 2004 21:33:32 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:33:32 +0000 (UTC)
Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 24 23:33:27 2004
Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173])
	by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
	id 1BHUm7-0003HO-00
	for <geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org>; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:33:27 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org)
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30)
	id 1BHUjY-0005UH-1A
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:30:48 -0400
Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.DE!not-for-mail
Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
Original-Lines: 16
Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de (213.203.244.156)
Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1082841428 11839600 I 213.203.244.156 ([73968]
	10430)
User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:bfI8FRXKf7h2BBzY4pAWDMjDZG4=
Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:122677
Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4
Precedence: list
List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs>
List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17965
X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17965

Lowell Kirsh <lkirsh@cs.ubc.ca> writes:

> thanks. it works well most of the time. I have one question though:
> sometimes it will take me to the declaration of the a variable of the
> same name but in a different file. Is there any way I can make sure it
> looks in the current file for the declaration before going to other
> file?

Dunno, but M-0 M-. will take you to the next occurrence.  Maybe that's
good enough?

You might also try M-x imenu RET.  It operates on the current file
only.

Kai