From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#28403: 25.2; find-tag works, but xref-find-definitions Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:13:31 +0300 Message-ID: <83zi9xmcec.fsf@gnu.org> References: <201709092240.v89MeFUo014854@psr.com> <201709100250.v8A2o6nL015568@psr.com> <837ex6vd83.fsf@gnu.org> <83k216t0wp.fsf@gnu.org> <835dc374-4846-0cb6-9fd6-ddef93711a37@yandex.ru> <838thlthx9.fsf@gnu.org> <0464c886-bd32-7252-7820-50e00e7fa0c7@yandex.ru> <83poauobqv.fsf@gnu.org> <48b2816b-6fa5-bb3e-14e3-fff85d4fbc14@yandex.ru> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505409254 12421 195.159.176.226 (14 Sep 2017 17:14:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:14:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: wbe@psr.com, 28403@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 14 19:14:09 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXiK-00034D-DF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:14:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49056 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXiR-0006yl-Of for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:14:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52135) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXiJ-0006x4-DB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:14:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXiF-0006GP-5h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:14:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60890) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXiF-0006GH-2M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXiD-0000q9-TL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:14:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 28403 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 28403-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B28403.15054092213198 (code B ref 28403); Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:14:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 28403) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Sep 2017 17:13:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41338 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXht-0000pV-4M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:13:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60856) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXhr-0000pH-A1 for 28403@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:13:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXhi-0005h3-Rr for 28403@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:13:33 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53132) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXhi-0005gx-OO; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:13:30 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1281 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dsXhh-0007Fa-Rk; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:13:30 -0400 In-reply-to: <48b2816b-6fa5-bb3e-14e3-fff85d4fbc14@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:13:33 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136965 Archived-At: > Cc: wbe@psr.com, 28403@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Dmitry Gutov > Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:13:33 +0300 > > On 9/13/17 6:32 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> Should it be a defcustom in etags.el, then? That's not far from what I > >> suggested in the first place. > > > > That'd be okay, if the UI will be more friendly than letting the user > > concoct a list of function symbols. > > I'd approve probably any patch that makes > etags-xref-find-definitions-tag-order into a defcustom, or even creates > a new option governing it. > > But maybe it's not necessary after all? I think we've addressed > Winston's needs in different ways by now. I just feel that having a user-friendly defcustom would be more future-proof. Like I said: it's a fire escape. Every complex feature needs one. > Maybe the manual should advertise the necessity to call etags with > --regexp in certain cases more prominently instead. Until very recently, --regex didn't even document the back-substitution feature it provides. So we still have a way to go in that direction.