From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22306: 24.5; Unhide --no-line-directive Documentation Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:26:55 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4800524ec80e46f5845c868a713dbbc0@mspexmb1.Beer.Town> <83vb72mszt.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1452382039 12778 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2016 23:27:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 23:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: James Muchow , 22306@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 10 00:27:09 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1aI2uZ-0002eX-KB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:27:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44165 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uY-0004ZP-HK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:27:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37670) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uV-0004Z5-96 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:27:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uU-0002jg-0A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uT-0002jc-Sv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:27:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uT-00037e-Oz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:27:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 23:27:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22306 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22306-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22306.145238202011993 (code B ref 22306); Sat, 09 Jan 2016 23:27:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22306) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jan 2016 23:27:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44750 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uS-00037N-5x for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:27:00 -0500 Original-Received: from blade3.isti.cnr.it ([194.119.192.19]:12520) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uQ-00037C-Pe for 22306@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:26:59 -0500 Original-Received: from tucano.isti.cnr.it ([146.48.81.102]) by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5-x6 #32147) with ESMTPSA id <01PVAPHXMU4OLTECEW@mx.isti.cnr.it> for 22306@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:26:56 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from pot by tucano.isti.cnr.it with local (Exim 4.86) (envelope-from ) id 1aI2uN-0003we-Cv; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:26:55 +0100 In-reply-to: <83vb72mszt.fsf@gnu.org> X-INSM-ip-source: 146.48.81.102 Auth Done X-fingerprint: 4B02 6187 5C03 D6B1 2E31 7666 09DF 2DC9 BE21 6115 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:111450 Archived-At: >> From: James Muchow >> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:41:28 +0000 >> >> In trying to create a TAGS file, etags would process the >> #line directive in various source files and produce TAGS >> files that were unusable because the "file name" included >> would be unavailable causing the tags-search to exit before >> having seen all files. >> >> I spent a lot of time coming up with a solution to avoid >> any files that contained a line directive when the solution >> I really needed was already present: --no-line-directive. >> It is, however, undocumented and thus the only way to know >> about it is to download the source. I downloaded the source >> to try and find out what etags was doing wrong with #line >> when I discovered this undocumented option. >> >> I see from the source that the --no-line-directive is hidden >> by the PRINT_UNDOCUMENTED_OPTIONS_HELP; I think it would be >> helpful for others to remove this restriction. > >Francesco, > >Are there any reasons to keep this option (and a few others) hidden >from the user eyes? For this specific otion, the logs say that I undocumented it in 2002. As far as I can recall, this was because the option seemed too much technical to me, that is of little use and difficult to explain. I think I adopted the same criterion for undocumenting the other options.