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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:37:01 -0500 From: Andy Walls <awalls@...ix.net> To: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> Cc: Ramagudi Naziir <naziirr@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: how do YOU hack the linux kernel ? On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 09:10 +0100, Daniel Mack wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:52:57PM +0200, Ramagudi Naziir wrote: > > do you use vim ? > > > > If so, how do you open files you want to read/edit ? > > Assuming you don't remember their exact name/location, you'd need to > > use something like 'find . -iname '*pattern*'. which is slow. > > You can also ":tabnew ." and just browse the folders, but that's super slow too. > > Just use ctags to index your tree. Vim can then use this index to > directly drop you at the definition of a symbol. Works very well. Yup. That's what I use. > Just > google around to find tutorials to describe that in detail. $ man ctags $ vim :help tags for those who don't wish to rely on the Goggle. Regards, Andy > LXR is also a nice help sometimes: http://lxr.linux.no/linux/ > > Other than that you might develop a feeling for where to search, so you > can narrow your 'git grep' to specific places. > > HTH, > Daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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