Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!otter!hplb!ferguson!thf From: thf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Toby Ferguson) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Is there a fix for "File tags not a valid tag table"? Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 89 12:20:21 GMT References: <380001@hpfcdq.HP.COM> <380002@hpfcdq.HP.COM> Sender: news@hplb.hpl.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK. Lines: 31 In-reply-to: todd@hpfcdq.HP.COM's message of 13 Jun 89 17:49:21 GMT In article <380002@hpfcdq.HP.COM> todd@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Todd Spencer) writes: To use emacs tags you will need to modify your ~/.emacs file to include the following lines: ;; Load tags file - otherwise might encounter ABS undefined error. (load-file "/usr/local/gnu-emacs/dist-18.51/lisp/tags.elc") ;; Suppress prompt asking for name of tags file by binding variable. (setq-default tags-file-name "TAGS") This is just not true! There is NO need to do all this stuff to get it to work! All that has to be done is to hit M-. and you're asked which TAGS file to scan. RTFM! Toby Ferguson ============================================================================= e-mail: thf@otter (Bristol internal) thf@hplb.hpl.hp.com (USA + HP internal) thf@hpl.hp.co.uk (Europe) HPDESK: thf /hpc600/ux In real life : Toby Ferguson, MTS, HPLABS, Bristol ============================================================================= -- Toby Ferguson ============================================================================= e-mail: thf@otter (Bristol internal) thf@hplb.hpl.hp.com (USA + HP internal) thf@hpl.hp.co.uk (Europe) HPDESK: thf /hpc600/ux In real life : Toby Ferguson, MTS, HPLABS, Bristol =============================================================================