Fwd: Re: Source code visualization tools?

[Blake Leverett]

Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> Is there such a thing as a source code visualization tool that makes a
> "map" of a program's source? Kind of like:
>
> main()
>                 |
>                 |
>              function1()
>                 /\
>                /  \
>          func2()   func3()
>             |
>             |
>           func4()
>
> I'm basically looking for something that will help me "see" how a
> program is laid out so that I can start working on it.
>
> Thanks in advance.

I was looking for a similar thing a while back.  One great tool for
 navigating the wine source is the etags program.  In the wine source
 directory, type 'make etags'.  This makes a file called TAGS.  Then, start
 emacs, and type alt-x visit-tags-table, and load the tags file.  You can
 navigate the source by function.  See the tags manpage and the emacs
 manpage for the tags section for details.
 
 Blake
 

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[Joshua Walker]

You are looking for "Source Navigator" 
It's here...
http://sourcenav.sourceforge.net/

It's pretty cool if you want to follow what goes
where. All the pretty arrows too. (It's horazontal
along the top of the screen, not vertical) You can
follow functions, stucts, header files. I used it when
I was a programmer... :)

-halkun

--- Blake Leverett <bleverett(a)att.net> wrote:
> Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> > Is there such a thing as a source code
> > visualization tool that makes a
> > "map" of a program's source? Kind of like:
> >
> > main()
> >                 |
> >                 |
> >              function1()
> >                 /\
> >                /  \
> >          func2()   func3()
> >             |
> >             |
> >           func4()
> >
> > I'm basically looking for something that will
> > help me "see" how a
> > program is laid out so that I can start working
> > on it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> I was looking for a similar thing a while back. 
> One great tool for
>  navigating the wine source is the etags program. 
> In the wine source
>  directory, type 'make etags'.  This makes a file
> called TAGS.  Then, start
>  emacs, and type alt-x visit-tags-table, and load
> the tags file.  You can
>  navigate the source by function.  See the tags
> manpage and the emacs
>  manpage for the tags section for details.
>
> Blake
>
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