From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ivan Shmakov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ctags/etags: rc file? Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:12:22 +0000 Message-ID: <87y4r6yst5.fsf@violet.siamics.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416485564 2758 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2014 12:12:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:12:44 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 20 13:12:38 2014 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 1XrQbG-0000dE-2J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:12:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34870 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrQbF-0005Rr-2C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47072) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrQbB-0005Rm-Md for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:12:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrQbA-0000kl-Ov for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:12:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fely.am-1.org ([2a01:4f8:d15:1b86::2]:47758) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrQbA-0000kT-Gq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:12:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=siamics.net; s=a2013295; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:Sender:References:Subject:To:From; bh=xzC92MMuh0dPSXHuOYknPtuDW6ypFO83mVfXh0yB8oE=; b=YB2zd98FwNPPlDYo8j5scQqQb00Tkj4W/vr3gKjbxgTv1T0kv+HVKoCB2FyAb19B66Uwi+2d3/f9V6itfB1eLAPpwaks9+b6CBIkoE4pOerZc+PrdY2qXFXV71dt6gBJ8yHQBZHvFrLI6Ek7GOWkufPLVR9+G1uc8D4mXgIQRBY=; Original-Received: from [2a02:2560:6d4:26ca::1:1d] (helo=violet.siamics.net) by fely.am-1.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XrQb8-0005dj-Jv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:12:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=violet.siamics.net) by violet.siamics.net with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XrQb1-0000yd-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:12:23 +0700 In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:47:53 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a01:4f8:d15:1b86::2 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:177868 Archived-At: >>>>> Alfred M Szmidt writes: [=E2=80=A6] > If .etags (one argument per line) contains, > --language=3Dnone > --regex=3D'/[ \t]*function.*=3D[ \t]*\([^ \t]*\)[ \t]*(/\1/' > --regex=3D'/###key \(.*\)/\1/' > --regex=3D'/[ \t]*global[ \t].*/' > *.m Isn=E2=80=99t it already possible with xargs(1)? Depending on the shell in use, it may be possible to, say: $ etagx () { (cat < .etags ; printf %s\\n "$@") | xargs etags ; }=20 $ etagx *.m=20 > And then issuing "etags -Z" (or some other sensible short option) it > would be equivalent to running, > etags --language=3Dnone --regex=3D'/[ \t]*function.*=3D[ \t]*\([^ \t]*= \)[ > \t]*(/\1/' --regex=3D'/###key \(.*\)/\1/' --regex=3D'/[ \t]*global[ > \t].*/' *.m The last =E2=80=98*.m=E2=80=99 bit would require duplicating shell=E2=80= =99s own wildcard expansion in Etags, and it doesn=E2=80=99t seem like an outright clever idea to me. --=20 FSF associate member #7257 np. Afraid to Shoot Strangers =E2=80=94 Iron Ma= iden