Re: Emacs development...

[Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>]

Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

> Jean-Christophe Helary <lists@traduction-libre.org> writes:
>
> Hi Jean-Christophe,
>
>>>> Right now, I use C-h f to find the function definitions and move
>>>> around the code.
>>> 
>>> That, and also M-. on a function call or variable will bring you to
>>> its definition.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Sorry for this very basic question, what's the best way to navigate
>> back to where I was ?
>
> I frequently use marks, i.e., hit C-SPC on an interesting place I wan't
> to come back and C-u C-SPC to jump back to previous marks.  However,
> that works only "intra-buffer".
C-x C-SPC for cross-buffer

> I also use `imenu' a lot which is great if you already know where you
> want to go, i.e., you know the name of the function or variable.
>
> Also, isearch, occur, and rgrep.  And the consult package [1] offers
> nice "go to thing" or "search for thing" commands.
And helm versions of those for nice, complete-as-you-type style of
navigation.