On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 08:55:10AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > CC'd Thomas because I read online recently him commenting on web based > cross reference tools. > > Hi, > > Does any one use a terminal based source code cross referencer to search > the kernel tree? > > thanks, > Tobin. Responding to all responses in single email. Thanks for the responses. Apologies, I need to learn to be more explicit when asking questions to be more respectful of other peoples time. I already use grep (various versions, git grep, egreg, and ack). I also already use ctags in emacs (or is it called etags when in emacs). I [too] often still find myself going to http://elixir.free-electrons.com I just attempted to recreate an example search that fails using grep or ctags but was unable to. Perhaps the problem is a user error, i.e I come across a code search that is not fully serviced by grep/ctags, go to free-electros, then go back to it from habit only later realizing that I am doing so when I get annoyed with having to use a web browser. So, thank you for your ideas. I'll consider this issue resolved by; Use git grep Use ctags/etags Use free-electrons as a last resort thanks, Tobin. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
