Re: Guide to PostgreSQL source tree

> On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
> > One thing that I find absolutely essential for dealing with any large
> > project is a full-text indexer (I use Glimpse, but I think there are
> > others out there). Being able to quickly look at every use of a
> > particular identifier goes a long way towards answering questions.
>
> Agreed -- you can't find your way around PostgreSQL without such a
> program. Personally, I use Source Navigator which you can grab at
> http://sources.redhat.com/sourcenav/ . The really useful thing about

This is the cygnus programmer's editor, right? It is a nice piece of
software.

> source navigator is that it parses the source into functions, variables,
> etc. rather than just indexing it all as text. This means when you are
> looking at a source file with it, you can do neat things like click on a
> function call and then see things like the declaration and a x-ref
> tree. Very handy.

I have found I need tags support too. You can do project-wide
function/identifier searching either in your editor, if it supports
that, or using an external program like glimpse or idutils. Syntax
colorization helps too.

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