ctags/ctags-5.7.diff

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--- ctags.1
+++ ctags.1 2001/12/14 14:41:12
@@ -9,12 +9,29 @@
.TP 6
\fBctags\fP [\fBoptions\fP] [\fIfile(s)\fP]
.TP 6
-\fBetags\fP [\fBoptions\fP] [\fIfile(s)\fP]
+\fBctags\fP \fB-e\fP [\fBoptions\fP] [\fIfile(s)\fP]
+.SH NOTE
+There are three different versions of the
+\fBctags\fP program on SuSE Linux.
+Besides this one you might want to use either
+.BR gnuctags (1),
+supporting wide variety of programming languages
+and originaly distributed with emacs, or
+.BR gctags (1),
+which comes with
+.BR global (1)
+and supports for example Yacc.
+
+For use with
+.BR emacs (1)
+the best choice is perhaps
+.BR etags (1),
+but it's also possible to use \fBctags\ \-e\fP,
+as described herein, since it supports for example Eiffel.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-The \fBctags\fP and \fBetags\fP programs (hereinafter collectively referred to
-as \fBctags\fP, except where distinguished) generate an index (or "tag") file
+The \fBctags\fP program generates an index (or "tag") file
for a variety of language objects found in \fIfile(s)\fP.
This tag file allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text
editor or other utility. A "tag" signifies a language object for which an
@@ -1484,7 +1501,7 @@
.TP 8
.B ETAGS
Similar to the \fBCTAGS\fP variable above, this variable, if found, will be
-read when \fBetags\fP starts. If this variable is not found, \fBetags\fP will
+read when \fBctags\ \-e\fP starts. If this variable is not found, \fBctags\ \-e\fP will
try to use \fBCTAGS\fP instead.
.TP 8
@@ -1535,9 +1552,15 @@
The default tag file created by \fBctags\fP.
.TP
.I TAGS
-The default tag file created by \fBetags\fP.
+The default tag file created by \fBctags -e\fP.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR etags (1),
+.BR gctags (1),
+.BR global (1),
+.BR gnuctags (1).
+
+.PP
The official Exuberant Ctags web site at:
.RS