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

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Message #20 received at 51102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Ludlam <ericludlam <at> gmail.com>
Cc: zappo <at> gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, 51102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51102: [PATCH] Make speedbar XEmacs compatibility mode
 obsolete (etags)
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 20:51:02 +0300

> From: Eric Ludlam <ericludlam <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:31:43 -0400
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 51102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
> 	"Eric M. Ludlam" <zappo <at> gnu.org>
> 
> That was a very long time ago so I don't remember any specifics from then, but I can think of two reasons
> imenu is better.
> 
> One, you don't need to save the file and run an external command.
> 
> Two, imenu has some nice binning it does to make the tags more navigable.
> 
> I don't recall specific issues with etags within speedbar though, so "robust" is probably not the right word
> here.  

Thanks.

is it possible that some files will be in a programming language that
imenu doesn't support, but etags does?

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