Re: [9fans] Codebase navigation and using tags files in acme

[Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <ole.hjalmar.kristensen@gmail.com>]

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On linux, you can run ctags -x and postprocess the file to append the line
number to the file name instead of having i as a separate field. That way,
you can locate the symbol in the tags file, and right-click on the
file:linenumber.

Also, on linux, we have acme-lsp, which in principle works with any LSP
server. I have tested it with go and C/C++.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:22 PM Ben Hancock <ben@benghancock.com> wrote:

> Hello 9fans,
> 
> I've just recently started using the acme editor and am really enjoying
> it, and trying to get the hang of the "acme way" of doing things. One
> bit of functionality that I'm familiar with from other editors is the
> ability to easily look up a function or symbol definition within a
> codebase. In Emacs and vi, this is done by generating tags files (etags
> or ctags), which those editors can parse and allow you to easily jump to
> a definition of the symbol under the point/cursor.
> 
> What's the preferred method or workflow for achieving this in acme? I
> have tried passing a selected symbol to 'g -n' in the window's tag,
> using the Mouse-2 + Mouse-1 chord. That gets me part of the way there
> but isn't effective if the file where the symbol is defined happens to
> be in another directory. I feel like I'm missing something.
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> - Ben
> 
> --
> Ben Hancock
> www.benghancock.com

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