linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: Have make TAGS not include structure members

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXSBSOkfd2MGbn=rpXQRZYw5TKLsR=3SoeSyrcD2CzunA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:14:46 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yang Bai <hamo.by@...il.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: Have make TAGS not include structure members

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> It is really annoying when I use emacs TAGS to search for something
> like "dev_name" and have to go through 12 iterations before I find the
> function "dev_name". I really do not care about structures that include
> "dev_name" as one of its fields, and I'm sure pretty much all other
> developers do not care either.

While I'm also annoyed by this (although with vim/tags), I regularly do search
for struct members, so losing this ability would hurt, too.

Is there a solution, without throwing out the baby with the bath water?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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