On Monday 29 November 2004 13:45, Paul Akkermans wrote: > Hi group, > > I am trying to find a specific function/procedure in the kernel 2.6.7 > kernel source. But the problem is that there are so many files I have to > search through that it could take hours to find this procedure. Isn't there > an easier way to do this with some sort of application? Can anybody help > me? >
This one doesn't seem to have been suggested before :-) At the head of your linux source run ctags -R in the same directory run vim (you don't need to open any file) if you think there is only one occurrence of this routine type :tjump <routine name> in which case vim opens the file with it in an places the cursor at the start if you think there might be multiple occurrences type :tselect <routine name> in this case vim lists each occurrence with a number beside it. Type the number you want with a carriage return. You can do this with any identifier, not just routine names. Once inside a source file, if you see an identify you want to find, place the cursor on it and type ctrl-]. this will do a tjump on the identifier. Again, if more that one type g ctrl-] and it will do a tselect. You can continue to do this and build up a stack of up to 20 deep jumps. Ctrl-t returns you one step at a time from whence you came. -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
