Re: Easily find the source file containing an entry point

["Pranav Sawargaonkar" <pranav.sawargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try to use cscope, it will help you to browse the code more easily.
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Pranav

On Dec 19, 2007 2:00 PM, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:

On 19-12-07 22:44, Binyamin Dissen wrote:

> :>The easiest way is using an editor that supports "tags". After you run "make
> :>tags" in the root of the source tree (and have the ctags program installed)
> :>"vim -t foobar" will take you to the definition of the "foobar" function.
>
> I issued MAKE TAGS (which is taking a while).

Note, "make tags", lowercase. "make TAGS" if for emacs tags support.

> What file(s) does it create? Is it something that I can copy and browse in a
> windows environment?

The file tags/TAGS in the root of the source tree. And there are editors
that can use tags and run under windows, if only vim and/or emacs
themselves. I have no idea about "more native" windows editors.

Rene.

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