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Ivana Humpalot wrote:

> I am looking for a convenient way to open a Java source in Emacs
> by pointing to the complete class name. For example, if I see the
> line:
>
>   Ellipse e = new Ellipse();
>
> then I will go to top of the file and place the cursor on the line
> that says
>
>   import com.sunflower.graphics.Ellipse;
>
> then press a key. I want Emacs to then open the file
>
>   com\sunflower\graphics\Ellipse.java
>
> Etags is not necessary to do this. (Of course, the equivalent of
> a "CLASSPATH" must be separately provided to Emacs, perhaps in
> the .emacs file.)
>
> (Better still, maybe Emacs has already seen the import statement,
> so I don't have to manually go to the import statement.)
>
> Is something like this already available?
>
> Why do I want this? Because building etags for a large source tree
> can be a hassle especially if you need to download updated source
> files frequently.

Try http://www.xref-tech.com/speller it is even more complex than etags,
but has an update option for large projects. However not completely free.
Marian.