Ebrowse

You can browse C++ class hierarchies from within Emacs by using Ebrowse.

This file documents Ebrowse, a C++ class browser for GNU Emacs.

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Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction

• 2 Processing Source Files

  • 2.1 Specifying Input Files
  • 2.2 Changing the Output File Name
  • 2.3 Structs and Unions
  • 2.4 Regular Expressions
  • 2.5 Verbose Mode

• 3 Starting to Browse

• 4 Tree Buffers

  • 4.1 Viewing and Finding Class Declarations
  • 4.2 Displaying Members
  • 4.3 Finding a Class
  • 4.4 Burying a Tree Buffer
  • 4.5 Displaying File Names
  • 4.6 Expanding and Collapsing a Tree
  • 4.7 Changing the Tree Indentation
  • 4.8 Removing Classes from the Tree
  • 4.9 Saving a Tree
  • 4.10 Statistics
  • 4.11 Marking Classes

• 5 Member Buffers

  • 5.1 Switching Member Lists
  • 5.2 Finding and Viewing Member Source
  • 5.3 Display of Inherited Members
  • 5.4 Searching Members
  • 5.5 Switching to Tree Buffer
  • 5.6 Filters
  • 5.7 Displaying Member Attributes
  • 5.8 Long and Short Member Display
  • 5.9 Display of Regular Expressions
  • 5.10 Displaying Another Class
  • 5.11 Burying a Member Buffer
  • 5.12 Setting the Column Width
  • 5.13 Forced Redisplay
  • 5.14 Getting Help

• 6 Tags-like Functions

  • 6.1 Finding and Viewing Members
  • 6.2 The Position Stack
  • 6.3 Searching and Replacing
  • 6.4 Members in Files
  • 6.5 Member Apropos
  • 6.6 Symbol Completion
  • 6.7 Quick Member Display

• Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License

• Concept Index