annotate runtime/doc/usr_29.txt @ 23571:b02ac00aacbf v8.2.2328

patch 8.2.2328: some test files may not be deleted Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/48e11c10548782f573411b6302f77adb69c40401 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Jan 11 18:47:00 2021 +0100 patch 8.2.2328: some test files may not be deleted Problem: Some test files may not be deleted. Solution: Add a delete() call, correct name. (Dominique Pell?, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/7654)
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1 *usr_29.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2016 Feb 27
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3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar
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5 Moving through programs
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8 The creator of Vim is a computer programmer. It's no surprise that Vim
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9 contains many features to aid in writing programs. Jump around to find where
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10 identifiers are defined and used. Preview declarations in a separate window.
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11 There is more in the next chapter.
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13 |29.1| Using tags
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14 |29.2| The preview window
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15 |29.3| Moving through a program
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16 |29.4| Finding global identifiers
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17 |29.5| Finding local identifiers
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19 Next chapter: |usr_30.txt| Editing programs
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20 Previous chapter: |usr_28.txt| Folding
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21 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt|
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23 ==============================================================================
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24 *29.1* Using tags
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26 What is a tag? It is a location where an identifier is defined. An example
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27 is a function definition in a C or C++ program. A list of tags is kept in a
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28 tags file. This can be used by Vim to directly jump from any place to the
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29 tag, the place where an identifier is defined.
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30 To generate the tags file for all C files in the current directory, use the
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31 following command: >
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35 "ctags" is a separate program. Most Unix systems already have it installed.
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36 If you do not have it yet, you can find Exuberant ctags here:
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38 http://ctags.sf.net ~
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40 Now when you are in Vim and you want to go to a function definition, you can
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41 jump to it by using the following command: >
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43 :tag startlist
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45 This command will find the function "startlist" even if it is in another file.
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46 The CTRL-] command jumps to the tag of the word that is under the cursor.
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47 This makes it easy to explore a tangle of C code. Suppose, for example, that
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48 you are in the function "write_block". You can see that it calls
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49 "write_line". But what does "write_line" do? By placing the cursor on the
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50 call to "write_line" and pressing CTRL-], you jump to the definition of this
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52 The "write_line" function calls "write_char". You need to figure out what
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53 it does. So you position the cursor over the call to "write_char" and press
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54 CTRL-]. Now you are at the definition of "write_char".
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57 |void write_block(char **s; int cnt) |
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61 | write_line(s[i]); |
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64 |
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65 CTRL-] |
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66 | +----------------------------+
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69 | while (*s != 0) |
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70 | write_char(*s++); |
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73 |
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74 CTRL-] |
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75 | +------------------------------------+
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82 The ":tags" command shows the list of tags that you traversed through:
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84 :tags
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85 # TO tag FROM line in file/text ~
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86 1 1 write_line 8 write_block.c ~
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87 2 1 write_char 7 write_line.c ~
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88 > ~
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89 >
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90 Now to go back. The CTRL-T command goes to the preceding tag. In the example
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91 above you get back to the "write_line" function, in the call to "write_char".
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92 This command takes a count argument that indicates how many tags to jump
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93 back. You have gone forward, and now back. Let's go forward again. The
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94 following command goes to the tag on top of the list: >
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98 You can prefix it with a count and jump forward that many tags. For example:
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99 ":3tag". CTRL-T also can be preceded with a count.
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100 These commands thus allow you to go down a call tree with CTRL-] and back
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101 up again with CTRL-T. Use ":tags" to find out where you are.
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106 The ":tag" command replaces the file in the current window with the one
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107 containing the new function. But suppose you want to see not only the old
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108 function but also the new one? You can split the window using the ":split"
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109 command followed by the ":tag" command. Vim has a shorthand command that does
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110 both: >
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111 :stag tagname
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113 To split the current window and jump to the tag under the cursor use this
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114 command: >
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123 When you have files in many directories, you can create a tags file in each of
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124 them. Vim will then only be able to jump to tags within that directory.
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125 To find more tags files, set the 'tags' option to include all the relevant
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126 tags files. Example: >
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130 This finds a tags file in the same directory as the current file, one
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131 directory level higher and in all subdirectories.
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132 This is quite a number of tags files, but it may still not be enough. For
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134 "~/proj/sub/tags". For this situation Vim offers to search a whole directory
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135 tree for tags files. Example: >
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144 time while generating one big tags file. You might do this overnight.
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145 This requires the Exuberant ctags program, mentioned above. It offers an
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146 argument to search a whole directory tree: >
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148 cd ~/proj
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149 ctags -R .
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151 The nice thing about this is that Exuberant ctags recognizes various file
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152 types. Thus this doesn't work just for C and C++ programs, also for Eiffel
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153 and even Vim scripts. See the ctags documentation to tune this.
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154 Now you only need to tell Vim where your big tags file is: >
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161 When a function is defined multiple times (or a method in several classes),
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162 the ":tag" command will jump to the first one. If there is a match in the
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163 current file, that one is used first.
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164 You can now jump to other matches for the same tag with: >
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168 Repeat this to find further matches. If there are many, you can select which
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169 one to jump to: >
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171 :tselect tagname
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173 Vim will present you with a list of choices:
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175 # pri kind tag file ~
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183 mch_init() ~
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184 Enter nr of choice (<CR> to abort): ~
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186 You can now enter the number (in the first column) of the match that you would
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187 like to jump to. The information in the other columns give you a good idea of
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188 where the match is defined.
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190 To move between the matching tags, these commands can be used:
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209 Sometimes you only know part of the name of a function. Or you have many
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210 tags that start with the same string, but end differently. Then you can tell
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211 Vim to use a pattern to find the tag.
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217 Now use command line completion: press <Tab>. Vim will find all tags that
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225 The "^" specifies that the tag starts with "write_". Otherwise it would also
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235 First create a list of identifiers (this requires Exuberant ctags): >
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241
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242 vim
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243 :vsplit functions
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245 The window contains a list of all the functions. There is some more stuff,
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246 but you can ignore that. Do ":setlocal ts=99" to clean it up a bit.
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247 In this window, define a mapping: >
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248
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252 Now press <Enter>. Vim will go to the other window and jump to the selected
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261 The 'tagbsearch' option tells if the tags file is sorted or not. The default
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265 The 'taglength' option can be used to tell Vim the number of significant
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266 characters in a tag.
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268 Cscope is a free program. It does not only find places where an identifier is
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269 declared, but also where it is used. See |cscope|.
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271 ==============================================================================
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272 *29.2* The preview window
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274 When you edit code that contains a function call, you need to use the correct
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275 arguments. To know what values to pass you can look at how the function is
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276 defined. The tags mechanism works very well for this. Preferably the
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277 definition is displayed in another window. For this the preview window can be
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278 used.
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279 To open a preview window to display the function "write_char": >
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280
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281 :ptag write_char
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283 Vim will open a window, and jumps to the tag "write_char". Then it takes you
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284 back to the original position. Thus you can continue typing without the need
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285 to use a CTRL-W command.
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286 If the name of a function appears in the text, you can get its definition
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287 in the preview window with: >
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288
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289 CTRL-W }
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291 There is a script that automatically displays the text where the word under
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292 the cursor was defined. See |CursorHold-example|.
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293
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294 To close the preview window use this command: >
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295
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296 :pclose
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297
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298 To edit a specific file in the preview window, use ":pedit". This can be
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299 useful to edit a header file, for example: >
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303 Finally, ":psearch" can be used to find a word in the current file and any
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304 included files and display the match in the preview window. This is
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305 especially useful when using library functions, for which you do not have a
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306 tags file. Example: >
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308 :psearch popen
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310 This will show the "stdio.h" file in the preview window, with the function
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313 FILE *popen __P((const char *, const char *)); ~
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315 You can specify the height of the preview window, when it is opened, with the
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316 'previewheight' option.
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318 ==============================================================================
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319 *29.3* Moving through a program
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321 Since a program is structured, Vim can recognize items in it. Specific
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322 commands can be used to move around.
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323 C programs often contain constructs like this:
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324
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325 #ifdef USE_POPEN ~
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326 fd = popen("ls", "r") ~
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327 #else ~
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328 fd = fopen("tmp", "w") ~
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329 #endif ~
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331 But then much longer, and possibly nested. Position the cursor on the
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332 "#ifdef" and press %. Vim will jump to the "#else". Pressing % again takes
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333 you to the "#endif". Another % takes you to the "#ifdef" again.
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334 When the construct is nested, Vim will find the matching items. This is a
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336 When you are somewhere inside a "#if" - "#endif", you can jump to the start
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337 of it with: >
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341 If you are not after a "#if" or "#ifdef" Vim will beep. To jump forward to
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342 the next "#else" or "#endif" use: >
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346 These two commands skip any "#if" - "#endif" blocks that they encounter.
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347 Example:
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349 #if defined(HAS_INC_H) ~
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353 # endif ~
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356 With the cursor in the last line, "[#" moves to the first line. The "#ifdef"
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362 In C code blocks are enclosed in {}. These can get pretty long. To move to
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364 This assumes that the "{" and "}" are in the first column.
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365 The "[{" command moves to the start of the current block. It skips over
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366 pairs of {} at the same level. "]}" jumps to the end.
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367 An overview:
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370 +-> {
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373 [[ | | for (;;) --+
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379 +-- foobar(a) | |
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380 } <-+ |
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383 When writing C++ or Java, the outer {} block is for the class. The next level
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389 by a "}" in the first column.
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390
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391 int func1(void)
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392 {
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393 return 1;
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394 +----------> }
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395 |
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396 [] | int func2(void)
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397 | +-> {
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398 | [[ | if (flag)
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399 start +-- +-- return flag;
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400 | ][ | return 2;
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404 +----------> {
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405 return 3;
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406 }
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407
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408 Don't forget you can also use "%" to move between matching (), {} and [].
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409 That also works when they are many lines apart.
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411
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412 MOVING IN BRACES
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413
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414 The "[(" and "])" commands work similar to "[{" and "]}", except that they
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416 >
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417 [(
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418 < <--------------------------------
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419 <-------
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421 -------------->
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423 ])
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424
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425 MOVING IN COMMENTS
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426
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427 To move back to the start of a comment use "[/". Move forward to the end of a
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428 comment with "]/". This only works for /* - */ comments.
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429
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430 +-> +-> /*
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431 | [/ | * A comment about --+
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432 [/ | +-- * wonderful life. | ]/
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433 | */ <-+
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434 |
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435 +-- foo = bar * 3; --+
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436 | ]/
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437 /* a short comment */ <-+
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438
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439 ==============================================================================
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440 *29.4* Finding global identifiers
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441
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442 You are editing a C program and wonder if a variable is declared as "int" or
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443 "unsigned". A quick way to find this is with the "[I" command.
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444 Suppose the cursor is on the word "column". Type: >
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445
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446 [I
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447
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448 Vim will list the matching lines it can find. Not only in the current file,
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449 but also in all included files (and files included in them, etc.). The result
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450 looks like this:
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451
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452 structs.h ~
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453 1: 29 unsigned column; /* column number */ ~
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454
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455 The advantage over using tags or the preview window is that included files are
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456 searched. In most cases this results in the right declaration to be found.
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457 Also when the tags file is out of date. Also when you don't have tags for the
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458 included files.
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459 However, a few things must be right for "[I" to do its work. First of all,
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460 the 'include' option must specify how a file is included. The default value
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461 works for C and C++. For other languages you will have to change it.
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462
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463
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464 LOCATING INCLUDED FILES
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465
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466 Vim will find included files in the places specified with the 'path'
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467 option. If a directory is missing, some include files will not be found. You
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468 can discover this with this command: >
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469
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470 :checkpath
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471
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472 It will list the include files that could not be found. Also files included
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473 by the files that could be found. An example of the output:
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474
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475 --- Included files not found in path --- ~
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476 <io.h> ~
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477 vim.h --> ~
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478 <functions.h> ~
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479 <clib/exec_protos.h> ~
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480
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481 The "io.h" file is included by the current file and can't be found. "vim.h"
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482 can be found, thus ":checkpath" goes into this file and checks what it
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483 includes. The "functions.h" and "clib/exec_protos.h" files, included by
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484 "vim.h" are not found.
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485
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486 Note:
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487 Vim is not a compiler. It does not recognize "#ifdef" statements.
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488 This means every "#include" statement is used, also when it comes
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489 after "#if NEVER".
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490
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491 To fix the files that could not be found, add a directory to the 'path'
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492 option. A good place to find out about this is the Makefile. Look out for
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493 lines that contain "-I" items, like "-I/usr/local/X11". To add this directory
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494 use: >
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495
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496 :set path+=/usr/local/X11
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497
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498 When there are many subdirectories, you can use the "*" wildcard. Example: >
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499
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500 :set path+=/usr/*/include
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501
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502 This would find files in "/usr/local/include" as well as "/usr/X11/include".
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503
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504 When working on a project with a whole nested tree of included files, the "**"
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505 items is useful. This will search down in all subdirectories. Example: >
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506
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507 :set path+=/projects/invent/**/include
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508
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509 This will find files in the directories:
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510
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511 /projects/invent/include ~
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512 /projects/invent/main/include ~
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513 /projects/invent/main/os/include ~
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514 etc.
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515
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516 There are even more possibilities. Check out the 'path' option for info.
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517 If you want to see which included files are actually found, use this
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518 command: >
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519
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520 :checkpath!
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521
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522 You will get a (very long) list of included files, the files they include, and
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523 so on. To shorten the list a bit, Vim shows "(Already listed)" for files that
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524 were found before and doesn't list the included files in there again.
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525
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526
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527 JUMPING TO A MATCH
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528
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529 "[I" produces a list with only one line of text. When you want to have a
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530 closer look at the first item, you can jump to that line with the command: >
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531
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532 [<Tab>
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533
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534 You can also use "[ CTRL-I", since CTRL-I is the same as pressing <Tab>.
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535
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536 The list that "[I" produces has a number at the start of each line. When you
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537 want to jump to another item than the first one, type the number first: >
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538
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539 3[<Tab>
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540
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541 Will jump to the third item in the list. Remember that you can use CTRL-O to
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542 jump back to where you started from.
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543
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544
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545 RELATED COMMANDS
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546
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547 [i only lists the first match
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548 ]I only lists items below the cursor
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549 ]i only lists the first item below the cursor
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550
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551
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552 FINDING DEFINED IDENTIFIERS
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553
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554 The "[I" command finds any identifier. To find only macros, defined with
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555 "#define" use: >
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556
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557 [D
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558
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559 Again, this searches in included files. The 'define' option specifies what a
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560 line looks like that defines the items for "[D". You could change it to make
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561 it work with other languages than C or C++.
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562 The commands related to "[D" are:
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563
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564 [d only lists the first match
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565 ]D only lists items below the cursor
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566 ]d only lists the first item below the cursor
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567
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568 ==============================================================================
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569 *29.5* Finding local identifiers
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570
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571 The "[I" command searches included files. To search in the current file only,
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572 and jump to the first place where the word under the cursor is used: >
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573
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574 gD
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575
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576 Hint: Goto Definition. This command is very useful to find a variable or
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577 function that was declared locally ("static", in C terms). Example (cursor on
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578 "counter"):
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579
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580 +-> static int counter = 0;
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581 |
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582 | int get_counter(void)
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583 gD | {
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584 | ++counter;
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585 +-- return counter;
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586 }
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587
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588 To restrict the search even further, and look only in the current function,
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589 use this command: >
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593 This will go back to the start of the current function and find the first
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595 an empty line above a "{" in the first column. From there it searches forward
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599 {
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603 | if (strcmp(table[idx].name, name) == 0)
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605 }
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609 Next chapter: |usr_30.txt| Editing programs
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