From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: unifying emacs "go to definition" functionality Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:10:49 +0530 Message-ID: <87a9qzfetq.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87vc9n8fx5.fsf@gmx.li> <87bobf2slf.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1361356886 15041 80.91.229.3 (20 Feb 2013 10:41:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:41:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lawrence Mitchell Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 20 11:41:49 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U877R-00061E-F9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:41:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45247 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8776-0003PF-P0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:41:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43731) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U876z-0003OK-6q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:41:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U876v-0000qi-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:41:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-da0-f47.google.com ([209.85.210.47]:38759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U876v-0000qA-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:41:13 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-da0-f47.google.com with SMTP id s35so3511633dak.34 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:41:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=afAFA4FZ4jIVtQyxw9f74070W7YnP35anuIstkwSHxY=; b=yuLRtMGIYrS0Odq5cQjQ0EWbpS3XQEGOg6ExfhpeEzK2K3OsAVmK7Bw+AUkZxPXijy RFzURzh7ebpj/SOwuMONEdfBx1Gn38exBSUEifcQz9clUUPsC68uUBrUjoJRkv8GW46A 12E5u/H1CcEItIazPZNRTq/lCjEhKY3A9vJFcM105tm/mTa72SWZhD4uPPjGO+vrrTVq 5sG4TruFpivRWWSkonm7NWKNTgF2slLk5eAeZAjLvJ3Ke4uS2f/5b3h1BOp1ssgU2gnb jxtpJSF2NDgFJzhU7raxUfftmXajjkirVt0lKiH8lVHItO4o/OY8B5y3k0K1uzGiDzHK 0Z1A== X-Received: by 10.66.149.133 with SMTP id ua5mr1677968pab.122.1361356871972; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:41:11 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([101.63.253.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y10sm21270428pbf.39.2013.02.20.02.41.09 (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:41:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bobf2slf.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:51:48 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.210.47 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:157200 Archived-At: Jambunathan K writes: > Look at the "search results buffer" as a single-window controlling > dashboard for making sense of huge code bases. Look at the "search results buffer" as a single-window controlling-dashboard for making sense of huge code bases. I have used Emacs-with-Cscope extensively at work. Cscope is the "search/results provider" and Emacs is the "results displayer and navigator". Define lisp-based data interchange format (Remember it is a lisp-based interface) and some command primitives between Emacs and cscope/etags/semantic/what-have-you. I usually don't jump to definition but usually do lookup refernces. In large commercial code bases - I am primarily a C programmer - calls are dispatched via function pointers and lookup references offer completeness that "go to definition" cannot. ps: The current compiler-regexp interfaces of rgrep etc is text-based as opposed to being lisp-based.