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> GLOBAL is the tool I use nowdays, and updating the tags database or looking up symbols is something that should be getting heavy lifting in an external proces
by sedachv 9y ago
> GLOBAL is the tool I use nowdays, and updating the tags database or looking up symbols is something that should be getting heavy lifting in an external process.
What do you use for GLOBAL? ggtags.el works like you describe (calls start-file-process to start a GLOBAL process).
- taeric 9y agoApologies, I meant that to be an example of how I think it should be. Not a hypothetical, either. Like you say, you can already write things this way. My only complaint is it still blocks sometimes. Overall, works like a champ.