Re: [bug-idutils] Using Idutils

[Claudio Fontana]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Ajay Jain <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to use Idutils in my daily programming work, even though I
> use Ctags & Cscope. However, I am unable to start. There is neither a
> "Getting Started guide" nor any such information on Google. The only
> documentation available is the manual. However, before taking up the
> manual, I want to know if it suits my purpose. Is there any getting
> started guide? Any example usage etc.?
>
> Any pointers would help.
>
> Thanks,
> Ajay.
>

Hello Ajay,

there is nothing wrong with looking at the manual. In fact I would
encourage you to. It is not daunting at all:
the manual has a quick start section, and can be browsed online.

http://www.gnu.org/software/idutils/manual/idutils.html#Quick-start

The info pages are available in addition to the online manual,
and there's the output of (program) --help that can be useful as
well.

I use idutils in my daily programming work, and works well for me.
What I do is I go to the top source directory of the project, then run

$ mkid
(see especially the --include option in the documentation)

This generates the database of symbols that is written to the ID file.
Then I mostly use gid to lookup the symbols whenever I need to.

$ info mkid
$ info gid
$ info lid

Claudio