Subject: bug#51102: [PATCH] Make speedbar XEmacs compatibility mode obsolete (etags)

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:57:06 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:18:24 -0700
> Cc: Eric Ludlam <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > OK, thanks.  So I think we should leave the etags support as an
> > optional feature, but remove the reference to XEmacs from the doc
> > string of the defcustom.
> 
> I think we should also document under which circumstances one would want
> to use etags instead of imenu.
> 
> For example, someone could check which languages have support in etags
> but not in imenu and list them.

Sure, if we know that, or can find out, that'd be useful information.
The languages supported by etags can be seen in "etags --help".