[TriLUG] Extension to Vim's taglist?

[Brian McCullough]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 04:05:25PM -0400, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> 
> I've been using the taglist/ctags extension to vim for a while, it's
> pretty cool, it uses ctags and keeps a list of tags to the file you
> are editting.  Say you're editting a c source file.   You get a
> categorized list of things defined in the file, functions, macros,
> etc.  As you navigate through the file, it highlights the tag you are
> 'in' after a short time delay.  If you select a tag in the list, and
> hit enter, the file window moves to the definition of the tag.
> 
> If you edit another file in the same session, it adds that files tags
> to the list.  If you select a tag in another file, the file window
> switched to that file.

Interesting automation feature.


> Now, what I've been wanting is a way to select something in the file
> window, say a function name in a function call, and, with a keystroke,
> find the tag defining that function in the taglist.  I'm sure that
> someone somewhere has done this, but I can't figure out how to
> condense what I'm talking about to a google search.

I'm confused.  What you are describing sounds exactly like what ctags
was written to do.  I presume that you have a proper tag file, similar,
if not identical to that generated by ctags?  What happens if you type
Ctrl-t when you are on the function name?


> Rick


Brian