[Zope] Emacs advice

[Thomas Guettler]

Thomas Guettler wrote:

> seb bacon wrote:
>
>> A quickie for you emacs gurus (sorry, not very zope):
>>
>> When I'm editing python code in emacs, is there a way of jumping to the
>> definition of the function currently under the point?
>>
>
> No, at least I don't now how this could be done. But you can use grep:
>
> cd $ZOPE_HOME/lib/python; grep -rsi "def fooFunction" | less
>
> grep and less are in cygwin (www.cygwin.com)


sorry, it is grep -rsi "def fooFunction" * | less
(note the asterisk)

r: recursive
s: silent (don't show warnings)
i: case insensitiv


grep is fun. It gives you more power than any developerstudio can give 
you. -E (regularexpressions) is very interesting, too

thomas