Re: Emacs and C++ codesense

[Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, hadronquark@gmail.com wrote:

>  "spamfilteraccount@gmail.com" <spamfilteraccount@gmail.com> writes:
>  
> > I'm looking for solutions for working with C++ code in Emacs.
> >
> > I'd like the following:
> >
> > - Jumping to the definition of the symbol I'm standing on when I press
> > a key. I know tags is useful for that, but they don''t seem to work
> > properly in every case, only in most of the cases and I'd like a
> > proper solution.
>  
>  cscope is the best for this IMO. Well, it is for C .....
>  
> >
> > - Show the documentation of the current symbol in a tooltip when
> > pressing a key. The tooltip is not a big deal. I can do it if I can
> > get the documentation somehow.
> >
> > - Inteligent completion of the current symbol when I press a key.
> >
> > I don't want ECB, because I don't want separate windows within the
> > frame showing information. I like to work in a single frame and get
> > information only if I press a key explicitly.
>  
>  yes. ECB is a bit in your face I agree.

Thanks a lot ;-)

>  
> >
> > I suspect semantic can do some or all of the above. Is it true? Is
> > there a solution out of the box which works like described above or I
> > have to learn how the semantic api works and implement my own
> > solution? How good is semantic's C++ parsing/support?
> >
> > Are there other alternatives?
> >
> > xref seems nice, but I'd like to evaluate free software first.
> >
> > I'm also checking out kdevelop which I hear has good support for C++,
> > but I really don't want to leave emacs (iswitchb!) if I can find a
> > satisfactory solution.
>  
>  I used hippy-expand for the expansion! No tooltips, but cscope worked
>  for me. I never used it for c++, but I believe it works ok.
>  
> >
> > Thanks.
> >

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