GNU bug report logs - #50067
Context menus

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: tkk <at> misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp, Tak Kunihiro <homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com>, 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Subject: bug#50067: Context menus
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:22:39 +0200

18 aug. 2021 kl. 19.46 skrev Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>:

> Yes it works for elisp, because its xref backend is simplistic enough to just accept the symbol given as argument. An example of a package where it doesn't work is merlin which is rather more sophisticated and wants to find the exact context so that it can find the right definition, so it ignores the argument.

Having actually read the doc strings I see that xref backends are supposed to define `xref-backend-identifier-at-point` which can stuff any information it needs in a property of the string it returns, as sort of a semi-covert channel to `xref-backend-definitions` etc. Sorry about the unfounded complaint.

Would adding `xref-find-references-at-mouse` be handy for use in the context menu?
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