branch: master
commit 72678a5b4c3ed2efc96d70fac8852e28f142a6f8
Author: Leo Liu <sdl....@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Dec 3 10:03:53 2014 +0800
Doc fix and small tweak to ggtags-update-tags
---
README.rst | 4 ++--
ggtags.el | 15 +++++++++++----
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4e69160..832d74f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ Integration with other packages
NEWS
~~~~
-(devel) 0.8.8
-+++++++++++++
+[2014-12-03 Wed] 0.8.8
+++++++++++++++++++++++
#. Command ``ggtags-update-tags`` now runs in the background for large
projects (per ``ggtags-oversize-limit``) without blocking emacs.
diff --git a/ggtags.el b/ggtags.el
index b8bcb1c..52081c9 100644
--- a/ggtags.el
+++ b/ggtags.el
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
;;
;; All commands are available from the `Ggtags' menu in `ggtags-mode'.
-;;; NEWS 0.8.7 (2014-11-10):
+;;; NEWS 0.8.8 (2014-12-03):
-;; - New navigation command `ggtags-navigation-start-file'.
-;; - New variable `ggtags-use-sqlite3' to enable sqlite3 storage.
+;; - Command `ggtags-update-tags' now runs in the background for large
+;; projects (per `ggtags-oversize-limit') without blocking emacs.
;;
;; See full NEWS on https://github.com/leoliu/ggtags#news
@@ -717,7 +717,11 @@ source trees. See Info node `(global)gtags' for details."
(defun ggtags-update-tags (&optional force)
"Update GNU Global tag database.
-Do nothing if GTAGS exceeds the oversize limit unless FORCE."
+Do nothing if GTAGS exceeds the oversize limit unless FORCE.
+
+When called interactively on large (per `ggtags-oversize-limit'
+projects, the update process runs in the background without
+blocking emacs."
(interactive (progn
(ggtags-check-project)
;; Mark project info expired.
@@ -727,6 +731,9 @@ Do nothing if GTAGS exceeds the oversize limit unless
FORCE."
(ggtags-with-current-project
(with-display-buffer-no-window
(with-current-buffer (compilation-start "global -u")
+ ;; A hack to fool compilation mode to display `global
+ ;; -u finished' on finish.
+ (setq mode-name "global -u")
(add-hook 'compilation-finish-functions
#'ggtags-update-tags-finish nil t)))))
((or force (and (ggtags-find-project)
