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Re: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request)
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request) |
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Sat, 15 Oct 2016 09:07:20 +0300 |
> From: Wilfred Hughes <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 23:26:01 -0400
>
> I've written a package [elisp-refs] that does a semantic search of all
> the elisp in the current Emacs instance.
>
> elisp-refs works by parsing all the code on `load-path', then walking
> the sexps. This allows it to precisely find relevant forms.
>
> For example, you can use elisp-refs-function to find all the calls to
> the function `format', ignoring any variables of the same name. It's
> even smart enough to understand that (apply #'format ...) is a
> function call.
>
> Unlike xrefs, elisp-refs is sexp-oriented, so it always shows full
> sexp that matched your search, even if the result is on multiple
> lines. Results are also syntax highlighted.
Can this package be adapted to be used as one back-end of xref? I
think this is what we prefer as the future direction of xref-based
development of similar tools.
> I hope this package is useful to some of you. I'd like to put it on
> GNU ELPA, and I already have copyright assignment sorted. Would this
> be possible?
I don't see why not, but I don't know the details, so I'll let other
brief you about them.
Thanks.
- [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request), Wilfred Hughes, 2016/10/14
- RE: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request), Drew Adams, 2016/10/14
- el-search 1.0 (was: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request)), Michael Heerdegen, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request),
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request), Michael Heerdegen, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request), raman, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Ann] elisp-refs, a semantic elisp search tool (GNU ELPA request), Stefan Monnier, 2016/10/15