From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: I have a dream... about tags Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:17:43 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1188903444.115274.22100@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188937086 13362 80.91.229.12 (4 Sep 2007 20:18:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:18:06 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 04 22:18:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ISeqa-0000B0-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:18:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISeqY-0005Fv-Rd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISeqK-0005Ee-LN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISeqJ-0005EK-6t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISeqJ-0005ED-3y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:17:47 -0400 Original-Received: from heller.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.23]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISeqI-0007Eq-H2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-163-125.inter.net.il [84.228.163.125]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id DNQ62772 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:17:39 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <1188903444.115274.22100@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> (message from =?iso-8859-1?B?Tm9yZGz2dw==?= on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:57:24 -0000) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47212 Archived-At: > From: =?iso-8859-1?B?Tm9yZGz2dw==?= > Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:57:24 -0000 > > etags can however lookup such ClassName::member C++ constructs, which > is great. But, for what I have seen, etags has other deficiencies. It > doesn't handle lookups of symbols that have multiple definitions > (occur multiple times and/or in different files/functions). Nor does > it index static variables. I also haven't found a way to lookup all > uses (calls) of a structure, variable or function, which gtags can do. > > Has anyone else also found these problems annoying, and perhaps found > some solutions to them? Are there alternatives to etags or gtags that > solves these problems? One alternative, specifically designed for C++, is ebrowse, which comes with Emacs.