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[PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-ggtags.
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Reported by: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 09:05:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Done: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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#28830: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-ggtags.
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Hello Christopher,
Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net> writes:
>> >> + (synopsis "Frontend to GNU Global source code tagging system")
>> >
>> > I'd suggest putting "the" in here, so "Frontend to the GNU Global ...",
>> > as I think that reads better.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > Similarly with "the GNU Global" in the description. What do you think?
>> > Apart from that, this looks fine to me :)
>>
>> I don't think so. Upstream¹ doesn't have an article “the” before GNU
>> Global, too. WDYT?
>>
>> ¹ http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ggtags.html
>
> I don't think there is any harm in improving on the descriptions of the
> software from the upstream source. But I'll leave it up to you to make
> the decision.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have a very formal understanding of English
> grammar, but there is some information about definite articles [1].
> Which I think says that its appropriate to use as there is one,
> specific "GNU Global source code tagging system".
>
> 1:
> https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/definite-article
OK if you fill it's more readable or elegant.
I also checked some installed packages on my system. It seems common to
use *the* before software name at least in package synopsis.
Accessing passwords from *the* GNOME keyring
Access *the* Debbugs bug tracker in Emacs
Adjust *the* color temperature of your screen
An implementation of *the* Domain Name System
BASH completion for *the* shell buffer
Client and server for *the* secure shell (ssh) protocol
Commands to start *the* X Window server
Copy directory to *the* gh-pages branch
Development manual pages from *the* Linux project
Discover key bindings for *the* current Emacs major mode
Emacs interface for *the* Git version control system
Free replacements for *the* PostScript fonts
Go to *the* last change in *the* Emacs buffer
Grabs *the* path to JSON values in a JSON file
Implementation of *the* Perl programming language
Lisp dialect running on *the* JVM
Locate files on *the* file system
Manage encryption keys and passwords in *the* GNOME keyring
Polish up poor writing on *the* fly
Recursively list *the* contents of a directory
Reddit backend for *the* Gnus newsreader
Reference manual for *the* C programming language
Set *the* keyboard using *the* X Keyboard Extension
Single-player, RPG roguelike game set in *the* world of Eyal
Suggest Elisp functions that give *the* output requested
Terminal emulator for *the*
TeX Live, a package of *the* TeX typesetting system
*The* extensible, customizable, self-documenting text editor
*The* Glasgow Haskell Compiler
*The* GNU debugger
*The* GNU documentation format
*The* OCaml programming language
*The* SQLite database management system
*The* standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for GNU and Unix
Translations from *the* command line
Utilities for *the* Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
Xorg implementation of *the* X Window System
Pushed as cd5c3979d18ca5bc5d32b9044330453c244df1a5
Thanks,
Oleg.
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From bcd267046dc0ab8e87356519d3e3c60a96f7d5a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 12:03:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-ggtags.
* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs-ggtags): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 66f0a2ebe..62338e998 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -1206,6 +1206,51 @@ Using emacs-direnv means that programs started from Emacs will use the
environment set through Direnv.")
(license license:gpl3+)))
+(define-public emacs-ggtags
+ (package
+ (name "emacs-ggtags")
+ (version "0.8.12")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ggtags-"
+ version ".el"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0ny3llk021g6r0s75xdm4hzpbxv393ddm2r6f2xdk8kqnq4gnirp"))))
+ (build-system emacs-build-system)
+ (home-page "https://github.com/leoliu/ggtags")
+ (synopsis "Frontend to GNU Global source code tagging system")
+ (description "@code{ggtags} provides a frontend to GNU Global source code
+tagging system.
+
+Features:
+
+@itemize
+@item Build on @code{compile.el} for asynchronicity and its large feature-set.
+@item Automatically update Global's tag files when needed with tuning for
+large source trees.
+@item Intuitive navigation among multiple matches with mode-line display of
+current match, total matches and exit status.
+@item Read tag with completion.
+@item Show definition at point.
+@item Jump to #include files.
+@item Support search history and saving a search to register/bookmark.
+@item Query replace.
+@item Manage Global's environment variables on a per-project basis.
+@item Highlight (definition) tag at point.
+@item Abbreviated display of file names.
+@item Support all Global search backends: @code{grep}, @code{idutils}, etc.
+@item Support exuberant ctags @url{http://ctags.sourceforge.net/} and
+@code{pygments} backend.
+@item Support all Global's output formats: @code{grep}, @code{ctags-x},
+@code{cscope} etc.
+@item Support projects on remote hosts (e.g. via @code{tramp}).
+@item Support eldoc.
+@item Search @code{GTAGSLIBPATH} for references and symbols.
+@end itemize\n")
+ (license license:gpl3+)))
+
(define-public emacs-go-mode
(package
(name "emacs-go-mode")
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