Re: xref backends for elisp-related modes Was: Re: Bad moves with xref-find-definitions

[Vitalie Spinu]

 >>> Dmitry Gutov on Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:28:58 +0300 wrote:

 > On 04/28/2015 04:27 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
 >> It'd make sense to provide an xref-info backend, which could be taught
 >> about the language used in each Info manual and dispatch to the
 >> corresponding xref backend.

 > Shouldn't an Info xref backend just use the Info index, and jump to 
 > references
 > within the manual, not to external files?

That's yet another level of contextual dependence. If one gets used to
the idea of xref jumping to a source location everywhere, doing
something else in info might be rather annoying.

  Vitalie