Questions tagged [emacs-ecb]

Emacs Code Browser - A source code browser for Emacs

ECB stands for "Emacs Code Browser".

From the project website at http://ecb.sourceforge.net/:

While Emacs already has good editing support for many modes, its browsing support is somewhat lacking. That's where ECB comes in: it displays a number of informational windows that allow for easy source code navigation and overview.

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ECB: can't access /

On updating to Kubuntu 12.04, and Emacs 24.1.50 - I can't access / folder in ecb's tree browser. When I try to get there, or just activate the ecb Emacs opens *tramp/scpc C* buffer and it says: ssh: Could not resolve hostname C: Name or service not…
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ECB: truncate lines in symbol definition buffer

Emacs ECB 2.40 has a layout called left-symboldef, it has the *ECB Symboldefinition* buffer, and I want to set (setq truncate-lines nil) there. I browsed the customized group: M-x customize-group ecb-symboldef It doesn't have such an option. But…
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Make ECB of emacs open by default for .c, .cpp and .cu files

I recently discovered the Emacs code browsing package (ECB) and it seems to be very useful. I would like to activate ECB mode by default only when I open .c, .cu, cpp and .py files. Please let me know how I should modify my .emacs file for…
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how to apply custom action in ECB only for document item

I have added a menu item in edit control block(ECB) in document library(using following msdn article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms473643.aspx) Now i found that the custom action(menu Item) in ECB is displayed for both document item and…
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One Directory in Emacs ECB ecb-source-path?

I'm setting up emacs for Ruby on Rails development, and would like the ECB window to show only the directory for the project I'm working on. Is that possible? Let's assume that I start emacs after I cd to the project's directory. I've added the…
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Emacs ECB cursor invisible in directory tree

I've installed Emacs on OSX Snow Leopard using Homebrew (brew install emacs --cocoa). Having brought over my .emacs.d from Ubuntu, everything seems ok except when browsing the directory tree the cursor is hidden, so I can't see which directory is…
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Error during the layout setup of ECB in Emacs

Using the CEDET that comes with Emacs 24.3.1 and the ECB that is in Melpa, I get the following message trying - ecb-activate: All requirements for ECB 2.40 fulfilled - Enjoy it! The ECB is now deactivated. ecb-clean-up-after-activation-failure: ECB…
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Emacs 24.3 for windows, Cedet can not work with ECB, error: Recursive `require' for feature `speedbar'

Currently I'm struggling with the windows' Emacs (emacs-24.3-bin-i386.zip form http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/). After I installed the ECB (version- 20130202.1459) via package-intall-package ecb through MELPA site, and added (require 'ecb) in…
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Emacs: How can I automatically start a python interpreter in python-mode?

After every Emacs startup in python-mode I need to open the interpreter in a different buffer and change the size of the new buffer that it fits emacs-code-browser's history. I want to automate this activity. How can I automate that an interactive…
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Installing CEDET 1.0pre6 as user while keeping CEDET 1.0pre4 deb package installed

My work computer (Ubuntu 8.10) has CEDET version 1.0pre4 installed, and I'm trying to install the newest version of CEDET (1.0pre6) in my local directory (the ultimate goal, upgrading ECB to the newest version). Unfortunately, the default…
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ecb defining custom layout

I want to construct a ecb layout that has two special buffers. one is the output of semantic-symref-symbol and the other is semantic-ia-fast-jump. How do I do this ? I have cedet working and I have the ecb from Alex Ott's git repository. The…
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How to rebuild directory buffer in ECB?

This is basically the question. I've added a new directory, since opening ECB, but the directory buffer isn't updated. How do I force it to update? Tried C-c . s and revert-buffer in the directories buffer to no effect. EDIT Sorry, this is weird, I…
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ECB vs global vs cscope .. in emacs

I've mainly used cscope only to browse source code in emacs. It's very hard to google what other people mainly use to browse source code. Because ECB(emacs code browser) would come up fairly top due to the search term similarity(browse*) I wonder…
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Why ECB does not jump to tags when hitting Return?

I have emacs 23.1 on Linux, CEDET 1.0.1, ECB snapshot. When opening a Python code file, I tried to move cursor on a function tag in the ECB methods buffer, and hit Return to jump to the function definition. But nothing happens except the cursor…
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Emacs ECB Method window not showing all methods

I cannot understand why I only see a few methods in ECB method window and if I click on half of shown methods, I get: ECB 2.40 - Warning: The tag-visit-function `ecb-tag-visit-smart-tag-start' moves point outside of tag - ignored! and cursor jump…
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