GNU bug report logs - #28403
25.2; find-tag works, but xref-find-definitions doesn't; bug?

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Reported by: Winston <wbe <at> psr.com>

Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 22:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Winston <wbe <at> psr.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 28403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28403: 25.2; find-tag works, but xref-find-definitions
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 01:08:03 +0300

On 9/14/17 8:36 PM, Winston wrote:
> Dmitry suggested:
>> Maybe the manual should advertise the necessity to call etags with
>> --regexp in certain cases more prominently instead.
> 
> On the assumption that no one will read the manual until they have to,
> I'd still suggest at least a 1-sentence mention of the issue in the
> documentation for xref-find-definitions, even if it mostly says see the
> manual if you're having problems finding tags.

Yes, well, I probably agree from the standpoint of practicality. Even 
though xref-find-definitions itself knows zilch about etags.
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