Subject: [PATCH] Default FILE to the current buffer for list-tags

From: Hong Xu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 19:05:08 -0700

* lisp/progmodes/etags.el (list-tags)
(tags--get-current-buffer-name-in-tags-file): Default FILE to the
current buffer for list-tags.
---
  lisp/progmodes/etags.el | 18 +++++++++++++++---
  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
index a03516100087..23acffcac299 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
@@ -1852,15 +1852,27 @@ tags-complete-tags-table-file
  	(all-completions string (tags-table-files) predicate)
        (try-completion string (tags-table-files) predicate))))
  
+(defun tags--get-current-buffer-name-in-tags-file ()
+  "Get the file name that the current buffer corresponds in the tags file."
+  (let ((tag-dir
+         (save-excursion
+           (visit-tags-table-buffer)
+           (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name)))))
+    (when (string-prefix-p tag-dir (buffer-file-name))
+      (substring (buffer-file-name) (length tag-dir) nil))))
+
  ;;;###autoload
  (defun list-tags (file &optional _next-match)
    "Display list of tags in file FILE.
  This searches only the first table in the list, and no included tables.
  FILE should be as it appeared in the `etags' command, usually without a
  directory specification."
-  (interactive (list (completing-read "List tags in file: "
-				      'tags-complete-tags-table-file
-				      nil t nil)))
+  (interactive (list (completing-read
+                      "List tags in file: "
+                      'tags-complete-tags-table-file
+                      nil t
+                      ;; Default FILE to the current buffer.
+                      (tags--get-current-buffer-name-in-tags-file))))
    (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Tags List*"
      (princ (substitute-command-keys "Tags in file `"))
      (tags-with-face 'highlight (princ file))
-- 
2.18.1