GNU bug report logs - #2807
Subject: 23.0.90; etags can't access .el.gz files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, patch

Merged with 44494

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>, 2807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2807: Subject: 23.0.90; etags can't access .el.gz files
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:09:49 -0400

> I seem to remember that in past times Emacs was able to do that when
> jka-compr was loaded, but I may be wrong.

IIRC the unbundled version of jka-compr included such a feature, but not
the one bundled with Emacs.

> I think that the solution should be that etags.el cares about looking
> for possible compressed versions of file names contained in TAGS file.

Please share the code with info.el which does that for its files.


        Stefan
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