[gentoo-lisp] Emacs xref-find-definitions

[gentoo-lisp] Emacs xref-find-definitions

[Thanos Apollo]

Hello, I've recently switched to Gentoo from Arch

Not sure if it's the right mailing list for this but I'm having an 
issue with Emacs.  I use xref-find-definitions heavily to study 
the source code of various projects, with Arch it used to work by 
default.  Now in Gentoo let's say in a .py file I use 
xref-find-defintions for print I'm asked to visit a TAGS table, is 
there a workaround that I have to use?  

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Thanos Apollo
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Re: [gentoo-lisp] Emacs xref-find-definitions

[Maciej Barć]

Hi Apollo!

For some modes you will need extra packages to smoothly use xref w/o TAGS.

I ust checked and indeed, it will not work ootb with python-mode but if 
you install and configure elpy for additional python-mode support it 
will work as it does in other IDEs.

Im pretty sure you have had installed elpy or similar on your previous 
setup but forgot it here. :)

W dniu 30.10.2023 o 10:20, Thanos Apollo pisze:
> 
> Hello, I've recently switched to Gentoo from Arch
> 
> Not sure if it's the right mailing list for this but I'm having an issue 
> with Emacs.  I use xref-find-definitions heavily to study the source 
> code of various projects, with Arch it used to work by default.  Now in 
> Gentoo let's say in a .py file I use xref-find-defintions for print I'm 
> asked to visit a TAGS table, is there a workaround that I have to use?

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Re: [gentoo-lisp] Emacs xref-find-definitions

[Thanos Apollo]

Maciej Barć <xgqt@gentoo.org> writes:

> Hi Apollo!
>
> For some modes you will need extra packages to smoothly use xref 
> w/o TAGS.
>
> I ust checked and indeed, it will not work ootb with python-mode 
> but
> if you install and configure elpy for additional python-mode 
> support
> it will work as it does in other IDEs.
>

Thanks! but it does not work like other IDEs, Emacs is a superior 
experience for the enlightened :) 

> Im pretty sure you have had installed elpy or similar on your 
> previous
> setup but forgot it here. :)

True, I had a hacky configuration with eglot + pyslp, fixed my 
config and it works fine now, thank you



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Thanos Apollo
https://thanosapollo.com