PracticalVim Tip102

Table of Contents Tip 102: Configure Vim to Work with ctags Tell Vim Where to Find the tags File References: References: Generate the tags File Simple Case: Execute catgs Manually Automatically Execute ctags Each Time a File is Saved Automatically Execute ctags with Version Control Hooks

Tip 102: Configure Vim to Work with ctags

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Tell Vim Where to Find the tags File

• The 'tags' option specifies where Vim should look to find a tags file.

References:

• inspect the default settings:

• Under certain conditions, if a match is found in the first tags file, Vim won’t even look in the second file.

References:

Generate the tags File

Simple Case: Execute catgs Manually

• create a mapping:

Automatically Execute ctags Each Time a File is Saved

Automatically Execute ctags with Version Control Hooks

Effortless Ctags with Git