Package: cscope (15.9-2)

interactively examine a C program source

Cscope is an interactive text screen based source browsing tool. Although it is primarily designed to search C code (including lex and yacc files), it can also be used for C++ code.

Using cscope, you can easily search for where symbols are used and defined. Cscope is designed to answer questions like:

 - Where is this variable used?
 - What is the value of this preprocessor symbol?
 - Where is this function in the source files?
 - What functions call this function?
 - What functions are called by this function?
 - Where does the message "out of space" come from?
 - Where is this source file in the directory structure?
 - What files include this header file?

Tags: Software Development: C Development, Libraries, Implemented in: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Role: role::devel-lib, role::program, Scope: Utility, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI, Purpose: use::browsing, works-with::software:source

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