[slime-devel] Re: Backup tags handling for M-.

[Nikodemus Siivola]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Luke Gorrie wrote:

> > tags file like emacs Lisp-mode when it's standard behavior fails?
>
> Certainly this is possible, but why not compile/load the module that
> you're browsing instead?

Because the box is under too much strain already, or loading the module
would take too long, or the module is not in a loadable state.

The first one is frequently the case for me. I've lost processes to OOM
killer often enough to be wary when I have eg. long builds in progress.

Cheers,

 -- Nikodemus