GNU bug report logs - #19468
25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.

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Message #344 received at 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:58:40 +0300

> Cc: monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:22:14 +0300
> 
> >> Actually, if you're not working on a Git checkout, I don't think you can use the tags even for the Elisp code that's part of Emacs.
> >
> > Why not?  I do it all the time, and tried again just now: it works.
> 
> Okay, you can, if you find out where your distribution installed the 
> Elisp files, go there, and generate the TAGS table.
> 
> Again, not something I'd ask the average user to do.

I don't understand why.  It's a simple matter that is clearly
described in the Emacs user manual, for this very reason.

Quite a few development tools use databases that need to be generated
when you start working on a project, and then regenerated from time to
time.  This is quite routine in any sizable development project, and I
think many developers (a.k.a. "Emacs users") are familiar with this
and won't be intimidated by the need to generate TAGS.

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