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Subject: Is there a fix for "File tags not a valid tag table"?
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Date: 13 Jun 89 15:49:04 GMT
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on 12 Jun 89 20:11:42 GMT,
Todd Spencer <hpfcdc!hpfcdq!todd@hplabs.hp.COM> said:

Todd> The documentation instructs that the tags file is to be created with
Todd> the "etags" command (not "ctags").  Where do I get such a beast? or
Todd> is the "ctags" command ok to use - which means my emacs is broken?

On my system etags.c is in $EMACS/etc/etags.c and etags is in both
$EMACS/etags and $EMACS/etc/etags. If you don't find them there on
yours let me know and I'll send you my copy of the source code.

This brings up a question I've wondered about for some time now. Can
anyone tell me what the difference is between ctags and etags? On the
face of it, it looks as if one is better for C code and the other is
better for elisp, but Todd's question and my own experience seem to
negate that idea. What's the difference?

Also, I don't like having to run etags as a shell command. Can anyone
tell me how I can bind it to a key, or at least run it as an argument
to M-x? 


			Bud Boman
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