Has anyone ever considered setting up LXR to cross-reference pgsql 
source on developer.postgresql.org or maybe techdocs.postgresql.org? I 
have seen it used in a couple of projects (originally written for the 
Linux kernel; lxr.php.net is another user), and it seems pretty useful. 
I set one up if anyone wants to take a look:

http://www.joeconway.com/lxr.pgsql/

It just needs apache, perl, glimpse, agrep, and a small amount of 
configuration (and of course a fresh copy of cvs tip).

Joe



Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:32:25 -0800
Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
PostgreSQL cross-reference using LXR
I'd love such a service...

Makes it a lot easier for me to figure out what the heck all the functions
and types are...

Chris

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> Has anyone ever considered setting up LXR to cross-reference pgsql
> source on developer.postgresql.org or maybe techdocs.postgresql.org? I
> have seen it used in a couple of projects (originally written for the
> Linux kernel; lxr.php.net is another user), and it seems pretty useful.
> I set one up if anyone wants to take a look:
>
> http://www.joeconway.com/lxr.pgsql/
>
> It just needs apache, perl, glimpse, agrep, and a small amount of
> configuration (and of course a fresh copy of cvs tip).
>
> Joe
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:52:20 +0800
"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Re: PostgreSQL cross-reference using LXR
>> http://www.joeconway.com/lxr.pgsql/
>> 
>> It just needs apache, perl, glimpse, agrep, and a small amount of
>> configuration (and of course a fresh copy of cvs tip).

I've long used glimpse + an emacs macro for searching the sources.
LXR seems to add little to the glimpse engine except for an unreliable
gloss on what the references are --- for entertainment try searching
on a common local variable name, eg
http://www.joeconway.com/lxr.pgsql/ident?i=relname
(I think I'd better look for myself instead of trust this).

Another problem is that actually examining each reference is ungodly
painful in LXR --- I don't even see *how* to visit multiple references
in a single file, and you certainly can't visit a bunch of 'em without
lots of mousing-around.  Never mind editing each one once you've found
it.

Think I'll stick with Control-x backquote ...

			regards, tom lane

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 02:16:47 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: PostgreSQL cross-reference using LXR 