Questions tagged [ctags]
Questions that deal with symbol lookup through Ctags.
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How to fix this map to jump to usage/definition in a new tab?
I've had this map to be used with cscope/ctags for a while now:
nnoremap <C-}> <C-w><C-]><C-w>T
What it does is open the definition/usage in a new tab. This works great. Unless....
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ctags works but not for tagbar (C language)
I have a similar situation like this post but I'm working on C.
I have installed ctags on my machine via ctags-nightly-build.
$ which ctags
/usr/local/bin/ctags
$ ctags --version
Universal Ctags 6.1....
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How to set cursor position with tags file?
I am generating a tags file for m4 language. It works great, for example:
m4_symbol k/applyforeachq.m4 /\m^m4_define\w*(\_s*«\?\zsm4_symbol\>/;
m4_symbol2 k/foreach.m4 /\m^...
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What is CTRL-W Tab doing?
By pure coincidence, I hit CTRL+w and then Tab while editing a C++ file, and what happened is that the window was horizontally split and the new window loaded the buffer where the word under the ...
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Is there a ctags option for vimscript?
How to jump to a vimscript file's function definition?
(I'm having a hard time searching for this particular functionality, then getting results for using ctags in Vim, and not sure how to phrase that ...
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PHP class name collision with ctags
I have the following php file:
namespace App\Validator;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint; // #1
class MyValidator // ...
{
public function validate(Constraint /* #2 */ $constraint): ...
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Conflict between autocompletion (via ctags) and the `find` command?
I am using Vim 8.2 on Windows 10. Autocompletion (using CTRL+N or CTRL+P) upon creating the tags file using ctags.exe works fine for me.
Now I want to use the find command in vim to quickly opening ...
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What is the difference between `tag` and `tags` command?
I've recently come across the concept of tags in vim. I run ctags on a file and it generates tags for that file.
When I try to access those tags I use the tag command which basically provides a list ...
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Taglist isn't reading custom Markdown tags
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():
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ctags cannot find the definition of a local variable in a c function
I use ctags -R * to generate tag files. I have tried exuberant-ctags and universal-ctags.
In a c function, I define a local variable, but ctags cannot find the definition of the local variable. Is ...
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Vim :tag can jump to the tag but using short key ctrl+] gives cstag: tag not found
I have generated tags using ctags -R .
In Vim I'm able to find the tag when I type :tag TagName and it does jump to it.
However, if I have a cursor over the TagName and do Ctrl+] vim shows cstag: tag ...
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Is there a way to have the same tag name in ctags?
I'm looking to write foos,bars,bazs by using a custom language in ctags. It works fine, I
can jump to the tag but I'm only allowed to have one unique tag name. I would
like to be able to jump through ...
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How to make FZF BTags command separate public from private methods
I spend most of my time doing peer reviews and working on higher level architecture decisions when it comes to the code of my team. So I find the tools that visualizes the code at a higher level to be ...
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ctags vs GNU id-tools?
I stumbled upon mkid tools in tips.txt and tried it out (on C code). In terms of navigating to definitions, I thought it was identical to using ctags except for the fact that the ID file (generated by ...
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Vim function : how to expand vim variable in shell command?
I'm trying to write a vim function to update ctags and cscope databases. I'm trying to save the vim variable projectRoot in environment variable then expand this enviroment variable in the find ...
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ctags: can you ignore matching tags for a specific file extension?
small background:
I have a code base with multiple languages: C, C++, Python, Sh, Makefile, Perl.
I configure my ctags generation right now to just do: C,C++,Python,Sh.
I point vim at the ctags tag ...
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Ctags doesn't find tag existing in tag file
I've been having some troubles with setting up ctags and vim with a large project I'm new at. The tag files seem to be generating properly (specific options are: --sort=foldcase --recurse --extra=+q --...
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How to run external commands in vim from windows OS?
I learn vim in the Debian distro. In debian I can run commands like 'ls', 'cd', 'curl' etc directly from vim via power of '!' this sign. But now I am in windows because of the driver issue. But I don'...
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<C-x><C-o> "Pattern not found" even with a Ctags file (C/C++)
<C-x><C-o> returns Pattern not found in C/C++ files even with a ctags file.
It used to work and I haven't made any configuration/plugin changes that I know of
Starting vim with vim -u ...
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Jump to definition (CTRL-]) slow on windows
I have a big source code base on both Mac and Windows on which I work on this with MacVim/NeoVim.
When using CTRL-] to search tag through a 1.6G tags file,
I got immediate result with MacVim while ...
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"tnext" command skips to next file
I'm using vim's built in helptags command to create a tags file in LaTeX. While LaTeX files are not the txt files normally used, helptags seems to work just fine, and generates an empty "tags" file ...
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Smart jump to definition
I have ctags installed on my Windows machine.
I have the following mappings in my vimrc file
set tags=./tags;/
nnoremap <F5> :!ctags -R .<CR>
nnoremap ,dd :exec("tag ".expand("<cword&...
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How to explicitly open the signature preview window when not completing?
When using <c-x><c-o>, vim opens a signature preview window which is different from the one opened when using :ptag.
How to open that one when not completing like when reviewing in ...
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Configuring ctags for a Node.js project: No tags file
I'm attempting to configure ctags for a Node.js project that I'm using, and having some difficulty getting off the ground. My goal is to have my tags file live in the .git directory. I've browsed ...
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navigating markdown documents using ctags with vim and neovim
I work on my dotfiles periodically throughout my day work or non work related (that bonsai tree that's never done). I've written a couple of markdown documents that have become rather large to ...
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How to jump to or list a tag exclusively defined in a header?
I have a .h and a .cpp with declarations and definitions, and I'd like to be able to :tselect only the declarations, in order to see all the functions I've got that match a pattern.
some_file.h:
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Change definition of "under the cursor" for ctags with C++ qualifiers
When jumping to a tag it seems that ":" are ignored for the purpose of "under the cursor" (I'm assuming it's "word" "under the cursor"). For example if I want to jump to
myTree::Node something
I ...
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quickfix Menu Usage With :tselect and :vimgrep
I am currently using the following mapping to search for knows tags:
nnoremap <expr> <Leader>t "<ESC>:tselect /" . input("") . "<ESC>"
I also use this mapping to grep all ...
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Plugin to display a smarter method tag list
Note this may be a duplicate, but I couldn't really find an answer.
From a C++ perspective:
With universal ctags on, doing a C-] on top of a method call presents you with a tag list matching the ...
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How to have gutentags build tags from the .git folder in a repository?
I want to have my tags file generated from gutentags/ctags to be in the .git folder, because I am working on a project with other people where I don't want to edit the .gitignore file. So, I have ...
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Is it possible to have tag suggestion in ctags while searching for a tag?
I am using exuberent-ctags with vim 8.0. While searching for a tag with a long name, I'd like to have a list of suggestions having the typed string as the sub-string when I use the :ta command. What I ...
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Jumping to prototype or definition of a function using tags
This post is connected with the following one.
Jumping from function definition tag to prototype tag
Somehow, I did what it is mentioned there. Now, when I generate my tags file using the option --c-...
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ctags for django templates
How can I build a tag file for Django templates, in order to jump to file definitions of extends and include template tags?
Here's the script PROJECT/.git/hooks/ctags-html I've tried so far
#!/bin/...
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ctags works but not for tagbar
I'm working with typescript now, and I got this in my ~/.ctags file:
--langdef=typescript
--langmap=typescript:.ts
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export[ \t]+([a-z]+[ \t]+)?)?class[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_$]+)/...
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Ctags function overload [duplicate]
I wanted to test if I can handle working on C++ projects in vim (well actually neovim). These were the core features, that I wanted to have:
syntax highlighting
window splitting
go to definition
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How to get rid of "Press ENTER or type command to continue"
I'm using ctags to code C++ with vim.
I set two shortcuts of ctags as below:
autocmd VimEnter * silent! !eval 'ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extras=+q --language-force=C++ -o newtags; mv ...
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How to print a message after `autocmd` is done
I'm using ctags to generate tag file so that I can jump to declaration or to definition while working with C/C++ project.
To make ctags work automatically while entering vim, I add such a line in my ...
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non-word characters in tags
I have tags (generated with ctag) of the form
eq:local-canonical-form
Now:
because of the : I cannot use eq:loc<c-x><c-]> to expand the tag.
because of the : and the - I cannot use <...
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vim can't process tags
I generated tags files and I'm using the following command in my .vimrc:
:set tags=./tags;
When I press Ctrl] I get the following error:
E433: No tags file
E426: tag not found: poll_wait
I'm not ...
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Tag not found unless searched for
I have a very weird situation with my tags file not working as expected. My tag file is sorted case-insensitively (starts with !_TAG_FILE_SORTED\t2\t/foldcase/), and ignorecase is set.
When I put my ...
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How to visually select a pattern only on current line using vimscript?
I'm trying to write a vimscript function that will allow me to map a key to select a regex match on the line my cursor is on. This will help with selecting strings for use with ctags.
For example, I ...
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How to set up vim tags for JavaScript using vim-easytags
I use YouComplete plugin to do language completion but I can't seem to get tags to work for my own files/functions.
I use xolox/vim-misc and xolox/vim-easytags and installed Exhuberant ctags.
my ....
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C# ctags configuration for use with vim?
I'm trying to find a good configuration for ctags with C#. I know I can use OmniSharp, but I'd like to have tags for other plugins and when OmniSharp is broken.
I started with something based on this ...
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IDE-alike Find Usages
I use exuberant ctags to find definitions of classes, methods and the like. Which packages find the usages of a specific tag? A git grep does not work for me as the result is way to big; many method ...
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Ctags with Rails not working
I have installed ctags (Ubuntu 16.04), added set tags=./tags; to .vimrc file, it kinda works, I can move around ruby classes and methods I have defined myself but when I want to see Rails built-in ...
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^] doesn't work if cursor is on a function name prefixed with its package in Perl
Problem: ^] doesn't work if cursor is on a function name prefixed with its package.
I am using ctags and by reading the tags file generated I ensured that the sub is indexed in the tags file, like:
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why ctags take me to class definition rather than actual file
Background
I'm using vi with a php/laravel code base.. I ran ctags and see what happens:
filename: app/Http/Controllers/RetailerApproveController.php
use App\Repositories\ApproveOrderRepo;
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cannot generate ctags for php traits [closed]
I'm using vim, and I have used ctags and placed this in the ctags config file as per this post:
--regex-php=/^[ \t]*trait[ \t]+([a-z0_9_]+)/\1/t,traits/i
the problem is that I still can't find the ...
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Ctags not working properly on Latin american keyboard
Right now I'm trying to configure ctags in my vim environment but I'm not sure what I'm missing.
First, I installed ctags (using yaourt) and the I added this on ~/.ctags.
After that, I run ctags -R ....
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use only "closest" tagfile to working directory (of buffer or of vim process)
I have the following configuration setting, blatantly stolen from vim-sensible.
" use magical ; option
if has('path_extra')
setglobal tags-=./tags tags^=./tags;
endif
I suspect what it does is ...
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