I believe you need to make sure emacs's etags get called, not the cygwin etags. Delete or rename the cygwin etags and try it again.
"Jayakrishnan Nair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After reading this thread, I thought I would try jtags. This is what > happens. I think I am using a version of etags which does not support > --regex option. The JDEE users guide does not mention anything about > this. Any pointers ? > > I am using Cygwin on Win2K and etags came with that. > > > [/tmp]jtags > Tagging classes and constructors > etags: Unknown option: --regex > Tagging methods > etags: Unknown option: --regex > Tagging variables > etags: Unknown option: --regex > [/tmp]type -all jtags > jtags is /cygdrive/c/Applications/Editor/emacs-lib/jde-2.3.2/lisp/jtags > [/tmp]type -all etags > etags is /usr/bin/etags > [/tmp]etags --version > Exuberant Ctags 5.2, Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Darren Hiebert > Compiled: Dec 25 2001, 23:40:03 > Addresses: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > http://ctags.sourceforge.net > [/tmp] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hyatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:09 AM > To: Le Wang > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: tags? > > > Yes, using tags gives you access to functionality that JDE doesn't > have. Like a quick take-me-to-class functionality. JDE has several > take-me-to-class-at-point functionality, but that's not quite the > same. Plus, JDE often makes you choose between classes of the same > name in different packages, while tags lets you cycle through. I > prefer to cycle through. > > Also, you can do nifty things like tags-query-replace, to replace one > regexp with some text everywhere in your source. Very nice. > > Le Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone use tags with jdee? I fail to see the point of them. And > it >> seems to add an extra layer of complexity, i.e. constantly updating > the tags >> table. Or is it that I just don't get the tags concept? >> >> -- >> Le >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca