GNU bug report logs - #51102
Document speedbar etags compatibility mode better

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 21:37:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: zappo <at> gnu.org, 51102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51102: [PATCH] Make speedbar XEmacs compatibility mode obsolete (etags)
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2021 10:52:21 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 00:08:06 -0700
> Cc: 51102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, zappo <at> gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I also don't understand the "Etags support is not as robust as imenu
> > support" part of the doc string.
> 
> The author seems to have held the opinion that etags is not relevant on
> Emacs:
> 
> ;;; Tag Management -- etags  (old XEmacs compatibility part)
> 
> That comment dates to 1998, when speedbar.el was first imported.

Yes, I've seen that.  I'd like the author to elaborate on that: what
exactly is not robust in the etags support by Speedbar?
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