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> From: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:39:28 -0700 (PDT)
>=20
> do you want to find all locations where the symbol appears, or wher=
e
> the symbol is called, or including where it is defined?
>=20
> i suppose you just want all locations where it appears. Besides =
=E2=80=9CAlt+x
> grep=E2=80=9D, which i use, a better solution is probably tags.

Tags only finds the location where a symbol is defined.  To find ALL
locations, ID Utils + the gid command is the way to go.