GNU bug report logs - #32510
xref-find-definitions should return file names, too

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic <at> ludovic-brenta.org>

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:33:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 26.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #33 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic <at> ludovic-brenta.org>
To: 32510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32510 xref-find-definitions should return file names, too
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:53:42 +0200

tags 32510 - wontfix
thanks

I can confirm that the patch by Eli Zaretskii works, with a
difference compared to find-tag: find-tag opens the first
file whose name matches the searched string whereas
xref-find-definitions opens a new buffer with all matches,
forcing the user to use many keystrokes (or worse: reach
for the mouse :)) to choose a match.

I suppose this change of behavior is intentional, consistent
with all other cross-references, and only affects ergonomy;
the patch more importantly restores the functionality that
was previously lost.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.
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