Ctags Tips Tricks

1. ctags support set tags=/tags assigns given tags under vim for browsing C-] - go to definition C-T - Jump back from the definition. C-W C-] - Open the definition in a horizontal split C- - Open the definition in a new tab A-] - Open the definition in a vertical split Ctrl-Left_MouseClick - Go to definition Ctrl-Right_MouseClick - Jump back from definition use ‘g ctrl-]’ instead of just ‘ctrl-]’ to goto definition

2. To list different kind of files that ctags understands: [rkks@in-fuchsia][~/test]$ ctags –list-kinds

3. Pattern matching. Navigate through list of function names that have ‘get’ :ta /^get :ts - shows the list. :tn - goes to the next tag in that list. :tp - goes to the previous tag in that list. :tf - goes to the function which is in the first of the list. :tl - goes to the function which is in the last of the list.

4. Ctags options -R -V -x –c-kinds=f file - Generate Function prototypes -x –c-kinds=v –file-scope=no file global variables –-kinds=[+|-]kinds

As an example for the C language, in order to add prototypes and external variable declarations to the default set of tag kinds, but exclude macros, use option: –c-kinds=+px-d; to include only tags for functions, use –c-kinds=f.

–fields=+aKlmnSz –totals=yes [rkks@in-fuchsia][~/test]$ ctags --fields=afmikKlnsStz test_sw_num.c