Perhaps not all of you know this, but it is possible (and very
convenient :-) to serve the website generated by for example:
$ htags --suggest2
using nothing more than a Python installation. No need to edit daunting
configuration files, change (or ask for) permissions, etcetera.
Here's how:
First, setup GTAGSROOT
In the root of your source directory, where the tags files and HTML
directory are, do:
$ pwd > GTAGSROOT # This is needed so that global.cgi can find the tags
files
Next, start Python's built-in HTTP/CGI server.
If you're using Python 3.x, do:
$ (cd HTML; python -m http.server --cgi)
If you're using Python 2.x, do:
$ (cd HTML; python -m CGIHTTPServer)
Now, you can surf to: http://localhost:8000/index.html
and browse and search your source code, with all the AJAX goodness like
symbol completion, dynamic cross-references, etc.
Well, almost.
Currently, there is a small problem, when a search for a symbol returns
only 1 result, you will get a blank page instead of being taken to the
source file with the symbol.
I have sent a patch to address this problem to the bug-global mailing
list (look for "[PATCH][Feature request] global.cgi: Add a fallback
redirect method for webservers which do not support CGI redirects". I
hope this issue gets fixed soon.
Have fun :-)
Alain
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