#36 windows relative paths messed up.

[Anonymous]

output with --verbose
OPENING .\win95\win_func.cpp as C++ language file
OPENING .\win95\wpchunk.cpp as C++ language file

however, the tags file
H:\dcdev\MyAvP\.\AFONT.C,518
#define UseLocalAssert ^?UseLocalAssert^A10,132

which makes the TAGS file completely useless outside
the directory it was created in.

for example, if I cd down a couple of levels, then in vim,

se tags=../../TAGS

this results in paths of the sort:

..\..\H:\dcdev\MyAvP\.\AFONT.C,518

please fix.

and no, --tag-relative does not help.

[Darren Hiebert]

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I need more information to diagnose this problem. Are you
saying that you TAGS file contains this line?
H:\dcdev\MyAvP\.\AFONT.C,518
If so, then the problem is not in the generation of the tag
file, but in the use of it, implying the problem is with
Vim, not ctags. Please describe the ctags command line used
to generate the TAGS file you give an example of.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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sorry, here's the complete info:

ctags -e --recurse=yes --verbose=yes --tag-relative=yes .
This is the command line to generate the tags.

the tags then contain the absolute path as I mentioned in the
original bug.

with version 3.2.2, the TAGS file contains relative paths
(i.e, .\afont.c instead of h:\myavp\afont.c)

it seems to me that they should generate the same paths ?

I'm using vim 5.3 and vim6.0 actually seems to work with both
TAGs files. However, my question then is why is -tag-relative
generating absolute paths ?

thanks !

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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sorry, here's the complete info:

ctags -e --recurse=yes --verbose=yes --tag-relative=yes .
This is the command line to generate the tags.

the tags then contain the absolute path as I mentioned in the
original bug.

with version 3.2.2, the TAGS file contains relative paths
(i.e, .\afont.c instead of h:\myavp\afont.c)

it seems to me that they should generate the same paths ?

I'm using vim 5.3 and vim6.0 actually seems to work with both
TAGs files. However, my question then is why is -tag-relative
generating absolute paths ?

thanks !

[Darren Hiebert]

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I believe that I have fixed the problem. Please apply the
attached patch and confirm that it corrects the problem. Let
me know as soon as possible, as I would like to put out a
new release with this fix.

[Darren Hiebert]

Patch to fix problem

[Darren Hiebert]

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I am closing this due to lack of response from anonymous
submitter who cannot be reached.