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#67687
Feature request: automatic tags management
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Reported by: Jon Eskin <eskinjp <at> gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:45:02 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Done: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #163 received at 67687-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 02/01/2024 03:40, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 01/01/2024 21:25, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 20:48:37 +0200
>>> Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com, eskinjp <at> gmail.com, 67687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>>> michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
>>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
>>>
>>> On 01/01/2024 19:39, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>>>> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 19:23:28 +0200
>>>>> Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com, eskinjp <at> gmail.com, 67687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>>>>> michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
>>>>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/01/2024 18:50, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>>>>>> +The exception is made when the user has already selected a tags
>>>>>>> +table manually (for example, using \\[visit-tags-table]). Then
>>>>>>> +this mode doesn't do anything. Reset the visited tags tables
>>>>>>> +using \\[tags-reset-tags-tables]."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The above is only true for the project whose TAGS was manually
>>>>>> visited, right? IOW, it's not that once the use invokes
>>>>>> visit-tags-table once, this mode will be effectively disabled for the
>>>>>> entire session, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, it's the latter. It's off for the whole session, just like a
>>>>> visited
>>>>> TAGS file is active for the whole session (not limited to any specific
>>>>> project).
>>>>
>>>> OK, then please tweak my suggested text to explain the situation
>>>> correctly instead.
>>>
>>> How about this?
>>>
>>> If you select a tags table manually (for example, using
>>> \\[visit-tags-table]), then this mode will be effectively
>>> disabled for the entire session. Use \\[tags-reset-tags-tables]
>>> to countermand the effect of a previous \\[visit-tags-table].
>>
>> SGTM, thanks.
>
> All right. I think I'll wait a days or two for any more comments and
> then install the feature.
Pushed to master, and closing. Thanks to everyone for the discussion.
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