Re: Emacs and C++ codesense

[Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com>]

"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.

>
> 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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