Re: [Distel-hackers] who_calls rewrite
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From: Bill C. <bil...@gm...> - 2007-09-18 13:44:34
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Hi Matthias, Matthias Radestock <mat...@so...> writes: > Bill Clementson wrote: >> Yep, that did it - thanks! > > Works for me too. Thanks for implementing this change. > >> Incidentally, I probably mucked around trying to figure out the xref >> query string to use for longer than it took me to write the elisp >> code. Is there any better documentation or examples of xref other >> than the tools xref document? e.g. - better than: >> http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/xref.html > > There is the User Guide at > http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/tools/xref_chapter.html#5, but it's not > all that much more helpful. Yes, I saw that one too (it's linked to from the above page). > I am not aware of any other documentation / tutorials / examples. > > I found that carefully reading the above two documents from start to > finish, and trying a few self-constructed examples along the way, > helped quite a bit. > > I suspect the inaccessibility of the xref documentation is one of the > reasons it isn't known and used more widely. I did google around a bit yesterday trying to find examples as I thought someone had surely been banging their head against the wall with xref before. Surprisingly, I didn't find much. I suspect you're right - the documentation probably puts most people off. > Somebody should write a > few introductory blog posts ... Hmm, actually, that's a really good idea and I know the ideal person for the job! LShift has a blog with a growing collection of erlang-related posts - a great forum for you to share your xref knowledge! ;-) Thanks again for your work in getting xref into distel. - Bill |