From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Slass Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to use ctags in emacs. Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:46:37 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <2jompvF13s949U1@uni-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088537411 23144 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 19:30:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 21:30:00 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfOIp-0006ro-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:29:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfOKV-0008I3-9Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:31:43 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s02.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FLcAH3H080Ylh8L3OPFubIv1ZU0= Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.18.253.35 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net Original-X-Trace: attbi_s02 1087847197 24.18.253.35 (Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:46:37 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:46:37 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123879 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19240 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19240 abi writes: >hi, > I know that ctags produces tag files for C code. but when i press >M-. >in c-mode, it asks for a tag file and when i provide the file >generated by ctags i get an error. can i do something to get tags >working in emacs. >thnx >abi Use etags, an executable that should have shipped/built with your emacs distro. Take a look at the "Creating Tags Tables" node of the emacs manual for details and examples of usage. -- Mike Slass