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5 <email>gnu-emacs@gentoo.org</email>
6 <name>Gentoo GNU Emacs project</name>
9 ECB stands for "Emacs Code Browser". While Emacs already has good editing
10 support for many modes, its browsing support is somewhat lacking. That's
11 where ECB comes in: it displays a number of informational windows that allow
12 for easy source code navigation and overview.
14 The informational windows can contain:
17 * a list of source files in the current directory,
18 * a list of functions/classes/methods/... in the current file, (ECB uses
19 the Semantic Bovinator, or Imenu, or etags, for getting this list so all
20 languages supported by any of these tools are automatically supported by
22 * a history of recently visited files,
24 * output from compilation (the compilation window) and other modes like
25 help, grep etc. or whatever a user defines to be displayed in this
28 As an added bonus, ECB makes sure to keep these informational windows
29 visible, even when you use C-x 1 and similar commands.
31 It goes without saying that you can configure the layout, ie. which
32 informational windows should be displayed where. ECB comes with a number of
33 ready-made window layouts to choose from.
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