[Python-Dev] Using LXR for Python CVS Source Code ? (original) (raw)

David Ascher DavidA@ActiveState.com
Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:26:04 -0800

Not wishing to make a science project out of it, but you might consider the newer lxr, which uses a real database (mysql, IIRC).

We've used lxr in-house for a while, it's an absolutely wonderful tool. It is quite hard to setup multiple lxr's on a single machine (at least with the 'old' lxr), be forewarned.

Also, lxr doesn't really deal especially well with Python code - but for C/C++ code, it rocks.

--david

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > Browing the Mozilla web-site I came across I nice utility which > > enables cross-referenced source code browsing: LXR > > > > http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/webtools/lxr/ > > > > For example, see e.g. > > > > http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/expat/xmlparse/hashtable.c > > > > I suppose setting this up on python.org would ease referencing > > Python C sources a lot and also provide a nice tool for learning > > to understand the internal structures of the interpreter. > > > > What do you think ? > > +1 > > Do you want access to the python.org website and CVS so you can > install this yourself? I could do that, but would need some help from the admins since LXR requires Perl 5+ and Glimpse to be installed. I'll also need to modify the Apache config files and will probably have to setup a cron job which updates the indexes once a day. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH

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