Tags for C language in emacs


C tags within emacs.


To install etags binary in debian
$ sudo aptitude install emacs24-bin-common



Generate TAGS file


$ find . -name "*.[chCH]" -print | etags -



Load TAGS file


After generating a TAGS file we need to load that file within emacs.

M-x visit-tags-table
select a TAGS file.



Find a specific tag interactively


We can now search for specific tags.

M-.
or
M-x find-tag



Reference


https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Tags-Tables.html