How do I use ctags in Sublime Text?
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How do I use ctags in Sublime Text?
Windows
- Download the CTags binary from the Exuberant CTags site.
- Extract ctags.exe from the downloaded zip to C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2 or any folder within your PATH so that Sublime Text can run it.
- Alternatively, extract to any folder and add the path to this folder to the command setting.
What is a ctags file?
Ctags is a programming tool that generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source and header files of various programming languages to aid code comprehension. Depending on the language, functions, variables, class members, macros and so on may be indexed.
How do I get ctags?
Install ctags, Create tags, Browse in Vim
- Install. Type sudo apt-get install ctags . Note: this command will actually install exuberant-ctags on Ubuntu 16.04.3.
- Create tags File. cd into the directory of code.
- Browse Code. Open a .
- References. Vim and Ctags by Andrew Stewart at [link]
- Additional Info. What is are ctags? (
Where can I run ctags?
Ctags should already be installed on CSE instructional servers such as forkbomb and attu. Ctags is first run on its own to generate a “tags” file, then it is invoked from within another Linux text editor such as Emacs or Vim.
How do you navigate with ctags?
Vim’s built-in code navigation functionality using ctags is fantastically useful. Properly configured, it can allow you to jump from file to file in a project with one or two keypresses. Position the cursor over an object or function name, press C-] and Vim takes you directly to its definition; C-o takes you back.
How do you use ctags?
ctags with Vim:
- cd to the folder of your choice where your file is located: Example: cd /home/algoscale/Desktop/pers/angularapp.
- Now run this command: ctags -R *
- To search for a specific tag and open the output in Vim to its definition, run the following command in your shell: vim -t “tag” Example: vim -t title.
