From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vitalie Spinu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: xref backends for elisp-related modes Was: Re: Bad moves with xref-find-definitions Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:35:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87y4lb864p.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87h9s6c27z.fsf@gmail.com> <87zj5wnlyt.fsf@gmail.com> <553C285B.4070400@yandex.ru> <838udfx7rt.fsf@gnu.org> <87383kcy0u.fsf@gmail.com> <553FFB9A.4010405@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430310996 10633 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2015 12:36:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:36:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , joaotavora@gmail.com To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 29 14:36:35 2015 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 1YnRE2-00017s-Bz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:36:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38610 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnRDv-0006Jl-Ek for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:36:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46533) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnRCo-0005Qb-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:35:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnRCo-0005fd-4n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::22c]:38606) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnRCi-0005ST-Jn; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:35:04 -0400 Original-Received: by wiun10 with SMTP id n10so64030522wiu.1; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 05:35:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=7jd9vHgnoPUCJF45x2ifCab6hnZogG5Td8T/+TlOIsg=; b=FxX++KMpKj/hG6QmeowU2Zqkr7o536gAzu/8FzCIhWewccdQ1ltPncWImeRAMVcAjS toYp/Ve4eCYO+8u6B9utD2N0mNQUteD09TjI8GRD2JQdQrKZLJfasc6OsHxXOtjNQaRV n2CifnDQu0mrse7FNdwiW7rkgyoYA91eM7sGI7OEqVRvOTx0hqAKEbFdunX2VAYzZdqf RnVyNfVghyShZkma2N59lqcOsrOQn2Y/OJZVaxRUUWsZFbSmvg1CBVdVQd3C0ivrYRBD XcdswECcvrwdQsl0IJX0b1bnhqvWbeNXb9QEtByr+wUteTC6DbaztF37Q79jwjJ2v5dl +klA== X-Received: by 10.194.171.36 with SMTP id ar4mr40902413wjc.7.1430310903400; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 05:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (dhcp-077-251-128-242.chello.nl. [77.251.128.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ao4sm270340wjc.14.2015.04.29.05.35.02 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 29 Apr 2015 05:35:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <553FFB9A.4010405@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:28:58 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::22c 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:186006 Archived-At: >>> Dmitry Gutov on Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:28:58 +0300 wrote: > On 04/28/2015 04:27 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> It'd make sense to provide an xref-info backend, which could be taught >> about the language used in each Info manual and dispatch to the >> corresponding xref backend. > Shouldn't an Info xref backend just use the Info index, and jump to references > within the manual, not to external files? That's yet another level of contextual dependence. If one gets used to the idea of xref jumping to a source location everywhere, doing something else in info might be rather annoying. Vitalie