[Ctags] Language map for individual files

[Jeenu V <je...@gm...>]

Hi,

I was trying to use Ctags on a project, where there's one badly named
.h file which is actually an assembly file. After going through Ctags
man page, I used --lang-map=asm:+(virtext.h) to parse it as an asm
file. However, as my verbose log shows, the option is accepted but the
file ultimately gets parsed as "C++ header file". Here's excerpt from
verbose output:

Reading initial options from command line
  Option: -L main.list
  Option: --langmap=c:+.inc
    Adding to C language map: .inc
  Option: --langmap=asm:+(virtext.h)
    Adding to Asm language map: (virtext.h)
  Option: -o main.tag
  Option: --extra=+f

    :
    :

OPENING /cygdrive/c/Jeenu/<xxx>/virtext.h as C++ language include file
    :
    :

I even tried to use --lang-map=asm:+(*/virtext.h) but it's still the same.

The only alternative I see is to separate files by the their language,
and repeatedly generate and append tags using --language-force option.
-- 
Jeenu