Am Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:36:19 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us>:
> * On 2013 10 Dec 00:04 -0600, Thomas Beierlein wrote: > > You did a grep for some identifier and afterward want to look at all > > the places it is used. So you have to start less or vi or whatever > > with all the filenames you found - that maybe a lot of typing. > > > > With cscope you get the search result as a list you can choose from. > > No typing of each found filename. > > I suspect that were I more clever git grep would get me the same > place. I did play with cscope a bit last night and didn't find it an > advantage over git grep. I then tried Kscope and was rather > disappointed. I do use git grep with Perl Compatible RE enabled, > since Debian now enables it, which makes it easier for me to narrow > searches along with colorized output and file names and line numbers > enabled. Interesting. So it seems I should add 'git grep' to my list of things to look at. I learned before that there are also different personal working styles for different people. So you need to find the tools that works best with your mind :-). > > > But to be honest I do use grep, sed and other tools as well. It is > > good to have a well filled and sorted toolbag. > > I haven't spent the time to learn how t use ctags effectively either. > Unfortunately, my favorite editor Geany doesn't use native ctags but > has its own implementation. While I use Vim for email editing, I > like the GUI for C work or Midnight Commander's editor for editing in > a shell. > Well my learning phase went over the last 20 years or so (and I am still learning new things one after another....). I mastered cscope and ctags only in last three years. I used Kscope some time before, but there were too much mouse action needed. Not very good. > So many tools, so little time! > Well spoken! 73, de Tom Dl1JBE. > 73, de Nate >> > -- "Do what is needful!" Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea -- _______________________________________________ Tlf-devel mailing list Tlf-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tlf-devel
