Re: xref backends for elisp-related modes Was: Re: Bad moves with xref-find-definitions

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Vitalie Spinu <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:45:00 +0200
> 
>  > ??? Please see the list of non-Lisp packages I showed in a previous
>  > message: each one of them features a more or less complex programming
>  > language that very much can benefit from xref-style functionality.
> 
> This is obviously true. My point was different.
> 
> If you need to choose a default backend in info mode, xref-eslips is
> more useful than xref-etags which is the current default.

Only if most of your manuals are for Lisp-related packages.  If not,
it will be as useless as xref-etags.

IOW, "more useful" does not necessarily mean "useful enough".  We need
to be smarter than either of these two as a single default back-end.