Table 1. Summary of Emacs TAGS Commands

Keys		Command			Function


M-.		find-tag 		Prompt for a tag, select the buffer
					containing its definition and move
					the point there

C-x 4 .	f	ind-tag-other-window	Like find-tag, but puts the tag's buffer
					in a new window

C-u M-.		n/a			Find the next match of a tag
					(could also used M-0 M-.)

C-u - M-.	n/a			Find the previous match of a tag

M-TAB		complete-tag		Expand a name in place using the tags
					table.  In xemacs, the function is
				        called tag-complete-symbol. This 
					might not be bound.

M-?		display-tag-info	Display summary of tag's definition
				        in modeline (xemacs only)

n/a		tags-search		Find a regex in all files referenced
				        in TAGS file

n/a		tags-query-replace	Replace a regex in all referenced files

n/a		tags-apropos		Display list of matching tags

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