Taglist isn't reading custom Markdown tags

Question

The plugin Taglist is showing tags perfectly for my python but not for my markdown files.

There is a MCVE on github.

I have two files. test1.py is:

def one():
    print("one")

def two():
    print("two")

and test2.md is:

# One

The Quick brown fox

# Two

Jumped over the lazy dog

I use the following .ctags file:

--langdef=markdown
--langmap=markdown:.md
--regex-markdown=/^#[ \t](.*$)/\1/f,heading,headings/

The command

ctags test1.py test2.md

creates a tag file, with all four tags in:

!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT       2       /extended format; --format=1 will not append ;" to lines/
!_TAG_FILE_SORTED       1       /0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR    Darren Hiebert  /[email protected]/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME      Exuberant Ctags //
!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL       http://ctags.sourceforge.net    /official site/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION   5.8     //
One     test2.md        /^# One $/;"    f
Two     test2.md        /^# Two$/;"     f
one     test1.py        /^def one(): $/;"       f
two     test1.py        /^def two(): $/;"       f 

but when I open the editor. I have:

why are my markdown tags not showing?

Answer 1

You can try adding the following line to your .vimrc file:

let tlist_markdown_settings = 'markdown;f:Heading'

Another approach is to use Universal Ctags (https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags) instead of exuberant ctags. Universal Ctags natively supports tags for markdown files.