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How can I close the quickfix window and go back to the file I was editing
To close the quickfix window, you use :cclose, as @statox mentioned in the comments.
This won't affect which code buffer you're viewing, though. Vim doesn't distinguish between the buffer you were ...
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Vim function : how to expand vim variable in shell command?
The :execute command will assemble an Ex command from strings and evaluate it.
Here, in this case, it's actually breaking your command, since it's expanding the g:projectRoot string and forming a ...
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Bidirectional tag stack movement with cscope in vim
Ensure setting the cscope using the following in your ~/.vimrc file:
set cscopetag
set cst
set csto=0
set tags=./tags,tags;/
cs add cscope.out
Once it is done, re-login into the terminal to run ...
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GNU global and vim
GNU Global's distribution already has a couple of vim scripts that are pretty handy.
Look for 'gtags.vim' and 'gtags-cscope.vim' (the most adequate probably for what you want) in Global's ...
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Vim :tag can jump to the tag but using short key ctrl+] gives cstag: tag not found
With cscopetag enabled, you get E257 on tags not being found (credits Mass in the comments).
Fortunately, the help for this error contains useful information: use :cstag! It can do searches in both; ...
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Read-only mode in Vim while using cscope?
Invoke vim as view on the command line:
view myfile.c
This will automatically set the appropriate “readonly” flags.
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