Message-Id: <200208040348.g743mKt20822@delorie.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 19:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Shankar Chakkere <shankara_c AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: GLOBAL ver 4.5 released
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
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Hi,

I am pleased to announce that GLOBAL Version 4.5 is
now available for DJGPP.

Home page
*********
http://www.gnu.org/software/global/ 

What is GLOBAL?
**************

GNU GLOBAL is a source code tag system that works the
same way across diverse environments.
You can locate a specified function in the source
files and move there easily.
It is useful for hacking a large project containing
many subdirectories, many #ifdef and many main()
functions. 

GNU GLOBAL has following features: 

*support C, C++, Yacc and Java. 
*work the same way across diverse environments.
Currently, support followings: 
   @ Generic shell command line 
   @ Bash shell 
   @ Vi clone editor (nvi, elvis, vim) 
   @ Emacs editor (emacs, mule, xemacs) 
   @ Glimmer editor 
   @ Less viewer 
   @ Web browser (See Kernel source tour!.) 
* find the locations of a specified object quickly. 
* locate not only object definitions but also object
references. 
* allows duplicate objects. 
* locate also path which includes specified pattern. 
* treat a source tree containing subdirectories as a
logical scope. 
  You can get the relative path of objects from
anywhere within that scope. 
* search not only in a source tree but also in library
paths. 
* understand POSIX 1003.2 regular expressions. 
* support external search engine (grep and idutils). 
* support external database as tag files (postgres). 
* generate hypertext of source code. 
* tag files are independent of machine architecture. 
* plugged-in parser is available to treat new
language. 
* compact format is available to save disk space. 
* support incremental updating of tag files. 
* support customizing with global.conf. 
* generate completion list for completing input
method. 

For more information about GLOBAL, you can visit its
home page at:
 http://www.gnu.org/software/global/ 
Also vist my homepage at:
  <http://www.geocities.com/shankara_c/global.html>
where I have information on

 * Using GLOBAL with windows VIM
 * Using GLOBAL with windows less viewer,(patched
DJGPP less)
 and to grab a GLOBAL Tutorial in PDF.

Packages
********

  GLOBAL for DJGPP has been split into two packages:
source,
   and pre-compiled binaries.

  Source: v2gnu/glo45s.zip
  Binary: v2gnu/glo45b.zip
  
  If you're new to GLOBAL, get the GLOBAL Tutorial
from my homepage.
  There is also GLOBAL FAQ under gnu/global-4.5
directory.

 
enjoy!
Shankar Chakkere 


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