Re: exploring the code

[Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>]

Hi,

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> I opened the file guix/scripts/build.scm in Emacs
>>
>> For Geiser to be able to jump to the definition of a symbol at point
>> or to open a documentation buffer, I need the Guile REPL to "load" the
>> file 
>>
>> C-x C-b does the trick, but I see this error in the REPL, then
>>
>> http://paste.lisp.org/display/320775
>
> I use C-c C-k (geiser-compile-current-buffer), which works well for me.
> Not sure what the problem is here.

'C-c C-k' (geiser-compile-current-buffer) works most of the time,
however this is not a silver bullet.  For example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;;; foo.scm
(define (where-is-foo)
  (display "foo!\n"))

(where-is-foo)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

'M-.' when the point is on 'where-is-foo' procedure call won't find the
procedure definition even after 'C-c C-k'.  It only works in the context
of a module.

My point is that Geiser should not be expected to be 100% reliable.
'M-x rgrep' is sometimes a helpful complement.  ;)

Thanks,

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin