From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Exploring a code base? Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2020 15:32:51 +0000 Message-ID: References: <57dcdf06-3bf4-4281-88d9-0e9c46adc757@yandex.ru> <83d00p6zj1.fsf@gnu.org> <837dqx6x65.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Gregory Heytings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36675"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (NEB 394 2020-01-19) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 07 16:33:42 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kbQDm-0009RC-6c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:33:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56900 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kbQDl-0006l0-5g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2020 10:33:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48532) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kbQD9-0006kR-5k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2020 10:33:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.24]:53439) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kbQD5-0000u4-Jr; Sat, 07 Nov 2020 10:33:02 -0500 Original-Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:ghe@faeroes.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 0A7FWrIx016440 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Sat, 7 Nov 2020 15:32:53 GMT Original-Received: (from ghe@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 0A7FWrs5003562; Sat, 7 Nov 2020 15:32:53 GMT In-Reply-To: <837dqx6x65.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.24; envelope-from=ghe@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/07 09:33:32 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:125092 Archived-At: > > As for discovering that a problem includes more places and symbols than > one originally envisioned: one can maintain a flat list of > functions/modules/whatever to look into, and add to that as more stuff > is being found. You can do it in Org or even in a simple text buffer. > If there's really a need to maintain some structure, one can use Org's > level headings to that end. > Yes, this is almost word for word what Yuri explained in his first mail, and Stefan in his reply. Yuri says that doing this is "tedious", Stefan that it is "not satisfactory". So the question is: could this not be automated with a kind of stack or list of searches, in which one could navigate, instead of using a separate flat or structured text file?