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Specify that the separator character can be different from a slash.
Clarify that the @regexfile contains the arguments to a --regex= option.
author | Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org> |
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date | Mon, 17 Jun 2002 22:08:20 +0000 |
parents | 147a637372eb |
children | c5474d1cf831 |
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EBNF (Extended Backus Normal Form) description of the format of the tags file created by etags.c and interpreted by etags.el Productions created from current behaviour to aid extensions Francesco Potorti` <pot@gnu.org> 2002 ================================================================ FF ::= #x0c /* tag section starter */ LF ::= #x0a /* line terminator */ DEL ::= #x7f /* pattern terminator */ SOH ::= #x01 /* name terminator */ regchar ::= [^#x0a#x0c#x7f] /* regular character */ regstring ::= { regchar } /* regular string */ unsint ::= [0-9] { [0-9] } /* non-negative integer */ tagfile ::= { tagsection } /* a tags file */ tagsection ::= FF LF ( includesec | regularsec ) LF includesec ::= filename ",include" [ LF fileprop ] regularsec ::= filename "," [ unsint ] [ LF fileprop ] { LF tag } filename ::= regchar regstring /* a file name */ fileprop ::= "(" regstring ")" /* an elisp alist */ tag ::= directtag | patterntag directtag ::= DEL realposition /* no pattern */ patterntag ::= pattern DEL [ tagname SOH ] position pattern ::= regstring /* a tag pattern */ tagname ::= regchar regstring /* a tag name */ position ::= realposition | "," /* charpos,linepos */ realposition ::= "," unsint | unsint "," | unsint "," unsint