ASCOPE-EXT

An extension for ascope (http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ascope.el), which provides some extra features which are not supported in ascope:

• cscope database manipulation
• a minor mode, ascope-mode for key bindings
• more search options (egrep-pattern, filename, assignment-to-the-symbol)

LICENSE

MIT License

INSTALLATION

el-get installation

Just try M-x el-get-install RET ascope-ext RET, or add a following line into your emacs init script(.emacs or .emacs.d/init.el):

(el-get-bundle ascope-ext)

If your el-get complain that there's no such ascope-ext package, update your el-get by M-x el-get-self-update RET

Manual installation

Download ascope-ext.el and add following lines into your emacs init script:

;; Assume that you downloaded ascope-ext.el into ~/.emacs.d/lisp/ascope-ext/ directory:
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/lisp/ascope-ext")
(require 'ascope-ext)
(ascope-install-hooks)

KEYBINDINGS

Key	Function
C-c s /	Set initial directory (source root).
C-c s s	Find this symbol.
C-c s d	Find global definition.
C-c s g	Find global definition.
C-c s C	Find called functions.
C-c s c	Find functions calling this function.
C-c s t	Find this text string.
C-c s e	Find this egrep pattern.
C-c s i	Find files including file.
C-c s f	Find this file.
C-c s =	Find assignments to this symbol.
C-c s a	Find assignments to this symbol.
C-c s A	Find all symbol assignments.

Features

Following features are provided or are intended to provide.

Database

You may generate cscope.out by calling ascope-create-database or just ascope-init to set initial directory.

Minor mode

A minor mode, ascope-mode is provide which supports keymap for ascope init & search. ascope-mode gets installed automatically into major modes(c-mode, c++-mode, idl-mode, dired-mode).

More Search Options

You may search following search options which were not supported in ascope:

• Find files which have given string in their name.
• Locate where matches to given egrep pattern.
• Locate assignments to a symbole in the source.

TODOs

• Fix found item printing in file search. It doesn't looks good.
• Search history: multiple result buffers and the way to iterate.
• more...