[[project @ 2003-04-14 13:36:04 by simonpj]
simonpj**20030414133604
 Guidance about tags on windows
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-<sect2><Title>Cygwin and MinGW</Title>
+<sect2 id="cygwin-and-mingw"><Title>Cygwin and MinGW</Title>
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-generate code, so you have to install that. Just pick up a mingw bundle at
+generate code, so you have to install that (see <xref linkend="cygwin-and-mingw">). 
+Just pick up a mingw bundle at
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+</listitem>
+
+
+<listitem>
+<para>We use <command>emacs</command> a lot, so we install that too.
+When you are in <filename>fptools/ghc/compiler</filename>, you can use
+"<literal>make tags</literal>" to make a TAGS file for emacs.  That uses the utility
+<filename>fptools/ghc/utils/hasktags/hasktags</filename>, so you need to make that first.
+The most convenient way to do this is by going <literal>make boot</literal> in <filename>fptools/ghc</filename>.
+The <literal>make tags</literal> command also uses <command>etags</command>, which comes with <command>emacs</command>,
+so you will need to add <filename>emacs/bin</filename> to your <literal>PATH</literal>.
+</para>
}