Re: [PATCH] scripts: Have make TAGS not include structure members

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Sun Nov 17 2013 - 04:15:09 EST


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is really annoying when I use emacs TAGS to search for something
> like "dev_name" and have to go through 12 iterations before I find the
> function "dev_name". I really do not care about structures that include
> "dev_name" as one of its fields, and I'm sure pretty much all other
> developers do not care either.

While I'm also annoyed by this (although with vim/tags), I regularly do search
for struct members, so losing this ability would hurt, too.

Is there a solution, without throwing out the baby with the bath water?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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