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i have stopped using lsp with javascript as js lsp servers are memory/cpu hogs. I wish there was tag based system for js/ts

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Well, with Emacs you can als just use „etags“ to create an index into your JS code base out of the box. And then use „M-.“ to jump to definitions.

It’s very fast and usually brings you right to a definition — unless your method/function is called very unspecifically.

interesting, i used to use gtags for browsing c but js required additional dependencies so i abandoned it. If you are using etags for js/ts can you point me to your tag syntax file? i checked here but couldn't find js/ts and i don't want to write it by myself ;-) https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ta...

While I have no idea about tags, I want to say that you may find something as simple as dumb-jump[1] does what you want most of the time.

[1] https://github.com/jacktasia/dumb-jump

YyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuP. 9 times out of 10 it takes me right where I want to go. It's lightweight and fast. And on that 10th time it gives a list of choices to jump to.

Indeed, the "etags" shipped with Emacs does not support JavaScript. Sorry. If you don't want to mess with its --regex argument, you can install "exuberant-etags" instead:

sudo apt install exuberant-ctags

ctags-exuberant --list-languages

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