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.