[plt-scheme] Tag search in PLT?

From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 25 09:41:43 EDT 2005

Check Syntax will do that, but only if your program is in modules. (It
won't do it for standard Scheme programs.)

Robby

At Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:55:05 +0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
> Hello schemers,
> 
> This is what keeps me busy all of the time whenever I take a look at a source
> code not written by me: I open a source code file in PLT and see a call of a
> function.  If I right-click on it, there's only the choice for searching the
> HelpDesk, but not something like "jump to definition".  This one is easy, if the
> definition is within the same file, but if it's spread along several files, I am
> having troubles.  It's not enough or convenient just to browse the dependency
> tree of the modules, since I still don't know where a function is defined.  Also
> the search in file function is not perfect for this.
> 
> Is there anything available that does exactly what I want (like ctags) or will
> there be a version of DrScheme with right-click "jump to definition"?
> 
> - Chris
> 
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