Re: [Ctags-devel] [Proposal] Combining of Exuberant Ctags and GNU GLOBAL.
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From: David F. <dfi...@gm...> - 2012-11-28 12:16:06
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I think this is a great idea, as any changes moving forward are good. Patching against 5.8 though isn't a good idea. 5.8 was release so long ago, certainly all the devs are running against trunk. I guess it boils down to who are you writing this patch for? ctag users or ctag developers? David On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Shigio YAMAGUCHI <sh...@gn...> wrote: > Hi all, > > Since there was no contrary to my proposal :), I have made a patch > for ctags to integrate GNU GLOBAL. > > Please apply attached patch by the following procedure if you like. > I'll make another patch for the latest source code if needed. > > $ cd ctags-5.8 > $ patch -p1 < ctags-5.8.patch > > New option --gtags: > Print a type string at the head of each tag record of cross > reference file. > This option is used to integrate ctags into GNU GLOBAL. > > [Example] > $ ctags -x --format=1 test.c > func 5 test.c func() { > > $ ctags -x --format=1 --gtags test.c > D func 5 test.c func() { > > $ ctags -x --format=2 --gtags test.c > D func function 5 test.c func() { > > New function makeSimpleReferenceTag(): > Put a type string 'R' at the head of a tag record. > If you want to treat a tag as a reference, please use this function > instead of makeSimpleTag(). This function does not influence the > output > of Exuberant Ctags without --gtags option. > > Output of makeSimpleTag() > D func 5 test.c func() { > > Output of makeSimpleReferenceTag() > R func 35 test.c if (test() == > 0) { > > > If a parser supports reference tags, then you can use global command like > follows: > (cvs version GLOBAL is needed though) > > $ gtags # invokes Exuberant Ctags internally > $ global -x func > 5 test.c func() { # definition > $ global -xr func > 35 test.c if (func() == 0) { # reference > > The GLOBAL in the CVS repository ( > http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/global/global/) > already includes the code which supports ctags --gtags option. I'm going > to release it > if there is no contrary. The release will include this (attached) patch > too. > > Great Ctags! > > Best Regards, > Shigio > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? > Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > Ctags-devel mailing list > Cta...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ctags-devel > |