Table 1. Summary of Emacs TAGS Commands
Keys Command Function
M-. find-tag Prompt for a tag, select the buffer
containing its definition and move
the point there
C-x 4 . find-tag-other-window Like find-tag, but puts the tag's buffer
in a new window
C-u M-. n/a Find the next match of a tag
(could also used M-0 M-.)
C-u - M-. n/a Find the previous match of a tag
M-TAB complete-tag Expand a name in place using the tags
table. In xemacs, the function is
called tag-complete-symbol. This
might not be bound.
M-? display-tag-info Display summary of tag's definition
in modeline (xemacs only)
n/a tags-search Find a regex in all files referenced
in TAGS file
n/a tags-query-replace Replace a regex in all referenced files
n/a tags-apropos Display list of matching tags
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