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[76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id vy6sm42951728pac.38.2016.03.21.14.29.27 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:29:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 28A21138EA8FB; Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:29:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83mvpr66nf.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:13:40 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.92 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , Paul Eggert , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22f 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:202040 Archived-At: >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: > I don't want to turn it off, sorry. Etags is part of the set of tools that > are invaluable when you are assigned with a task of making some change in a > large project that lay dormant for years -- they allow you to quickly find > your way in unfamiliar code. It should support old code styles. Eli is very right on this point. Often, when Etags helps best is when you know the least about the code being examined. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2