Re: [ELPA] New package: breadcrumb.el

[Jonas Bernoulli]

>> Another package by that name already exists, but it wasn't touched in
>> 13 years: https://github.com/pheaver/breadcrumb.
>>
>> If you weren't aware of this and would like to avoid taking over an
>> existing name in the future (or be aware that you are doing that, and
>> possibly reach out to the author of the older implementation), you could
>> consult my list at https://emacsmirror.net/stats/upstreams.html, which
>> lists all packages in the Emacsmirror and Emacsattic, which is a
>> superset of packages in GNU ELPA, NonGNU ELPA and MELPA (modulo recent
>> additions).
>
> Oops, I missed that.  What does it do.

I assume you mean the other breadcrumb.el, not the upstreams.html list.

I have never used that package, and you might want to read the full
description or even look at the code to get the full picture, but the
beginning of the description is:

> The Breadcrumb package allows you to set a series of breadcrumb
> bookmarks in Emacs and later jump to them quickly. They can be set
> with a key-stroke and jumped to with a key-stroke. The bookmarks are
> global across different Emacs buffers and thus leaving a trail of
> breadcrumb among them that you can jump back to easily. If a file is
> not loaded when jumping to its bookmark, it is loaded as a result.
>
> Different types of buffer can be bookmarked. The supported types are:
> file, DIRED, Info, and system buffers.
>
> The breadcrumb bookmarks are not the same as the Emacs built-in
> bookmark, which requires a name.