Re: possible bug in pygments-parser

Hello,
> 1. The last few lines of /usr/share/gtags/PLUGIN_HOWTO.pygments should pr=
obably be deleted.

You are right. It should be maintained as a part of GNU Global.

> Line 30 of /usr/share/gtags/script/pygments_parser.py is ... EXUBERANT_CT=
AGS =3D "/usr/bin/etags"

That's obviously wrong and different from the original.
You should suggest it on Manjaro mailing list instead of here.

Regards,
Shigio

On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 12:39=E2=80=AFAM Mandar Mitra <[email protected]=
om> wrote:
>
> I'm running global 6.6.10-1 on Arch / Manjaro Linux. Just wanted to check=
 about a couple of issues on this discussion list before bothering the deve=
lopers.
>
>
> 1. The last few lines of /usr/share/gtags/PLUGIN_HOWTO.pygments should pr=
obably be deleted. It currently reads:
>
> <begin quote>
> Pygments plug-in parser was written by Yoshitaro MAKISE.
> For detals, please see the following site:
> [https://github.com/yoshizow/global-pygments-plugin]
>
> Though it is considered a separate package, not part of GLOBAL proper,
> we included it for user's convenience.
> <end quote>
>
> But https://github.com/yoshizow/global-pygments-plugin says
>
> <begin quote>
> IMPORTANT NOTICE!
>
> global-pygments-plugin is now bundled with GNU GLOBAL.
> The development continues in the GLOBAL community and you can find the la=
test code there.
>
> This repository is no longer maintained and just remain for reference pur=
poses.
> <end quote>
>
>
> 2. Line 30 of /usr/share/gtags/script/pygments_parser.py is
>
> EXUBERANT_CTAGS =3D "/usr/bin/etags"
>
> For me, etags is provided by the emacs package, instead of ctags / univer=
sal-ctags. etags does not accept the -x flag (line 142 of pygments_parser.p=
y).
>
> So the command "gtags --gtagslabel=3Dpygments" gives an error, while "gta=
gs --gtagslabel=3Duniversal-ctags" works without problems.
>
> Would it be a good idea to just change etags to ctags in the above defini=
tion?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mandar.
>


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