> Cc: 43...@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 01:16:46 +0300 > From: Dmitry Gutov <dgu...@yandex.ru> > > On 03/09/2024 19:39, Philip Kaludercic wrote: > >>> I could imagine this might be extended to allow an auto-generate option, > >>> but that feature seems out of scope of this patch, and probably would > >>> require some interoperation with project.el. > >> Indeed. Actually, I have an old, WIP patch for tag file > >> auto-generation which, yes, uses project.el. I can post it again if > >> you're curious. > > Hasn't this issue been resolved by `etags-regen-mode'? > > The part quoted above was, I think. > > What might still be missing, is functioning better without having a tags > table generated - after all etags-regen-mode is off by default, and it > might not work for certain projects anyway. > > Maybe just like this? This makes Xref identifier completion not query > for TAGS unless already loaded. In many cases that would be TRT, > although `C-u M-.` seems to regress (seems like we *would* want to query > eagerly there).
I don't understand why the obvious way of asking the user whether they would like to generate the tags table is not the solution here. What did I miss?
