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1 *usr_29.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2008 Jun 28 |
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| 3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar | |
| 4 | |
| 5 Moving through programs | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 The creator of Vim is a computer programmer. It's no surprise that Vim | |
| 9 contains many features to aid in writing programs. Jump around to find where | |
| 10 identifiers are defined and used. Preview declarations in a separate window. | |
| 11 There is more in the next chapter. | |
| 12 | |
| 13 |29.1| Using tags | |
| 14 |29.2| The preview window | |
| 15 |29.3| Moving through a program | |
| 16 |29.4| Finding global identifiers | |
| 17 |29.5| Finding local identifiers | |
| 18 | |
| 19 Next chapter: |usr_30.txt| Editing programs | |
| 20 Previous chapter: |usr_28.txt| Folding | |
| 21 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| | |
| 22 | |
| 23 ============================================================================== | |
| 24 *29.1* Using tags | |
| 25 | |
| 26 What is a tag? It is a location where an identifier is defined. An example | |
| 27 is a function definition in a C or C++ program. A list of tags is kept in a | |
| 28 tags file. This can be used by Vim to directly jump from any place to the | |
| 29 tag, the place where an identifier is defined. | |
| 30 To generate the tags file for all C files in the current directory, use the | |
| 31 following command: > | |
| 32 | |
| 33 ctags *.c | |
| 34 | |
| 35 "ctags" is a separate program. Most Unix systems already have it installed. | |
| 36 If you do not have it yet, you can find Exuberant ctags here: | |
| 37 | |
| 38 http://ctags.sf.net ~ | |
| 39 | |
| 40 Now when you are in Vim and you want to go to a function definition, you can | |
| 41 jump to it by using the following command: > | |
| 42 | |
| 43 :tag startlist | |
| 44 | |
| 45 This command will find the function "startlist" even if it is in another file. | |
| 46 The CTRL-] command jumps to the tag of the word that is under the cursor. | |
| 47 This makes it easy to explore a tangle of C code. Suppose, for example, that | |
| 48 you are in the function "write_block". You can see that it calls | |
| 49 "write_line". But what does "write_line" do? By placing the cursor on the | |
| 50 call to "write_line" and pressing CTRL-], you jump to the definition of this | |
| 51 function. | |
| 52 The "write_line" function calls "write_char". You need to figure out what | |
| 53 it does. So you position the cursor over the call to "write_char" and press | |
| 54 CTRL-]. Now you are at the definition of "write_char". | |
| 55 | |
| 56 +-------------------------------------+ | |
| 57 |void write_block(char **s; int cnt) | | |
| 58 |{ | | |
| 59 | int i; | | |
| 60 | for (i = 0; i < cnt; ++i) | | |
| 61 | write_line(s[i]); | | |
| 62 |} | | | |
| 63 +-----------|-------------------------+ | |
| 64 | | |
| 65 CTRL-] | | |
| 66 | +----------------------------+ | |
| 67 +--> |void write_line(char *s) | | |
| 68 |{ | | |
| 69 | while (*s != 0) | | |
| 70 | write_char(*s++); | | |
| 71 |} | | | |
| 72 +--------|-------------------+ | |
| 73 | | |
| 74 CTRL-] | | |
| 75 | +------------------------------------+ | |
| 76 +--> |void write_char(char c) | | |
| 77 |{ | | |
| 78 | putchar((int)(unsigned char)c); | | |
| 79 |} | | |
| 80 +------------------------------------+ | |
| 81 | |
| 82 The ":tags" command shows the list of tags that you traversed through: | |
| 83 | |
| 84 :tags | |
| 85 # TO tag FROM line in file/text ~ | |
| 86 1 1 write_line 8 write_block.c ~ | |
| 87 2 1 write_char 7 write_line.c ~ | |
| 88 > ~ | |
| 89 > | |
| 90 Now to go back. The CTRL-T command goes to the preceding tag. In the example | |
| 91 above you get back to the "write_line" function, in the call to "write_char". | |
| 92 This command takes a count argument that indicates how many tags to jump | |
| 93 back. You have gone forward, and now back. Let's go forward again. The | |
| 94 following command goes to the tag on top of the list: > | |
| 95 | |
| 96 :tag | |
| 97 | |
| 98 You can prefix it with a count and jump forward that many tags. For example: | |
| 99 ":3tag". CTRL-T also can be preceded with a count. | |
| 100 These commands thus allow you to go down a call tree with CTRL-] and back | |
| 101 up again with CTRL-T. Use ":tags" to find out where you are. | |
| 102 | |
| 103 | |
| 104 SPLIT WINDOWS | |
| 105 | |
| 106 The ":tag" command replaces the file in the current window with the one | |
| 107 containing the new function. But suppose you want to see not only the old | |
| 108 function but also the new one? You can split the window using the ":split" | |
| 109 command followed by the ":tag" command. Vim has a shorthand command that does | |
| 110 both: > | |
| 111 :stag tagname | |
| 112 | |
| 113 To split the current window and jump to the tag under the cursor use this | |
| 114 command: > | |
| 115 | |
| 116 CTRL-W ] | |
| 117 | |
| 118 If a count is specified, the new window will be that many lines high. | |
| 119 | |
| 120 | |
| 121 MORE TAGS FILES | |
| 122 | |
| 123 When you have files in many directories, you can create a tags file in each of | |
| 124 them. Vim will then only be able to jump to tags within that directory. | |
| 125 To find more tags files, set the 'tags' option to include all the relevant | |
| 126 tags files. Example: > | |
| 127 | |
| 128 :set tags=./tags,./../tags,./*/tags | |
| 129 | |
| 130 This finds a tags file in the same directory as the current file, one | |
| 131 directory level higher and in all subdirectories. | |
| 132 This is quite a number of tags files, but it may still not be enough. For | |
| 133 example, when editing a file in "~/proj/src", you will not find the tags file | |
| 134 "~/proj/sub/tags". For this situation Vim offers to search a whole directory | |
| 135 tree for tags files. Example: > | |
| 136 | |
| 137 :set tags=~/proj/**/tags | |
| 138 | |
| 139 | |
| 140 ONE TAGS FILE | |
| 141 | |
| 142 When Vim has to search many places for tags files, you can hear the disk | |
| 143 rattling. It may get a bit slow. In that case it's better to spend this | |
| 144 time while generating one big tags file. You might do this overnight. | |
| 145 This requires the Exuberant ctags program, mentioned above. It offers an | |
| 146 argument to search a whole directory tree: > | |
| 147 | |
| 148 cd ~/proj | |
| 149 ctags -R . | |
| 150 | |
| 151 The nice thing about this is that Exuberant ctags recognizes various file | |
| 152 types. Thus this doesn't work just for C and C++ programs, also for Eiffel | |
| 153 and even Vim scripts. See the ctags documentation to tune this. | |
| 154 Now you only need to tell Vim where your big tags file is: > | |
| 155 | |
| 156 :set tags=~/proj/tags | |
| 157 | |
| 158 | |
| 159 MULTIPLE MATCHES | |
| 160 | |
| 161 When a function is defined multiple times (or a method in several classes), | |
| 162 the ":tag" command will jump to the first one. If there is a match in the | |
| 163 current file, that one is used first. | |
| 164 You can now jump to other matches for the same tag with: > | |
| 165 | |
| 166 :tnext | |
| 167 | |
| 168 Repeat this to find further matches. If there are many, you can select which | |
| 169 one to jump to: > | |
| 170 | |
| 171 :tselect tagname | |
| 172 | |
| 173 Vim will present you with a list of choices: | |
| 174 | |
| 175 # pri kind tag file ~ | |
| 176 1 F f mch_init os_amiga.c ~ | |
| 177 mch_init() ~ | |
| 178 2 F f mch_init os_mac.c ~ | |
| 179 mch_init() ~ | |
| 180 3 F f mch_init os_msdos.c ~ | |
| 181 mch_init(void) ~ | |
| 182 4 F f mch_init os_riscos.c ~ | |
| 183 mch_init() ~ | |
| 184 Enter nr of choice (<CR> to abort): ~ | |
| 185 | |
| 186 You can now enter the number (in the first column) of the match that you would | |
| 187 like to jump to. The information in the other columns give you a good idea of | |
| 188 where the match is defined. | |
| 189 | |
| 190 To move between the matching tags, these commands can be used: | |
| 191 | |
| 192 :tfirst go to first match | |
| 193 :[count]tprevious go to [count] previous match | |
| 194 :[count]tnext go to [count] next match | |
| 195 :tlast go to last match | |
| 196 | |
| 197 If [count] is omitted then one is used. | |
| 198 | |
| 199 | |
| 200 GUESSING TAG NAMES | |
| 201 | |
| 202 Command line completion is a good way to avoid typing a long tag name. Just | |
| 203 type the first bit and press <Tab>: > | |
| 204 | |
| 205 :tag write_<Tab> | |
| 206 | |
| 207 You will get the first match. If it's not the one you want, press <Tab> until | |
| 208 you find the right one. | |
| 209 Sometimes you only know part of the name of a function. Or you have many | |
| 210 tags that start with the same string, but end differently. Then you can tell | |
| 211 Vim to use a pattern to find the tag. | |
| 212 Suppose you want to jump to a tag that contains "block". First type | |
| 213 this: > | |
| 214 | |
| 215 :tag /block | |
| 216 | |
| 217 Now use command line completion: press <Tab>. Vim will find all tags that | |
| 218 contain "block" and use the first match. | |
| 219 The "/" before a tag name tells Vim that what follows is not a literal tag | |
| 220 name, but a pattern. You can use all the items for search patterns here. For | |
| 221 example, suppose you want to select a tag that starts with "write_": > | |
| 222 | |
| 223 :tselect /^write_ | |
| 224 | |
| 225 The "^" specifies that the tag starts with "write_". Otherwise it would also | |
| 226 be found halfway a tag name. Similarly "$" at the end makes sure the pattern | |
| 227 matches until the end of a tag. | |
| 228 | |
| 229 | |
| 230 A TAGS BROWSER | |
| 231 | |
| 232 Since CTRL-] takes you to the definition of the identifier under the cursor, | |
| 233 you can use a list of identifier names as a table of contents. Here is an | |
| 234 example. | |
| 235 First create a list of identifiers (this requires Exuberant ctags): > | |
| 236 | |
| 237 ctags --c-types=f -f functions *.c | |
| 238 | |
| 239 Now start Vim without a file, and edit this file in Vim, in a vertically split | |
| 240 window: > | |
| 241 | |
| 242 vim | |
| 243 :vsplit functions | |
| 244 | |
| 245 The window contains a list of all the functions. There is some more stuff, | |
| 246 but you can ignore that. Do ":setlocal ts=99" to clean it up a bit. | |
| 247 In this window, define a mapping: > | |
| 248 | |
| 249 :nnoremap <buffer> <CR> 0ye<C-W>w:tag <C-R>"<CR> | |
| 250 | |
| 251 Move the cursor to the line that contains the function you want to go to. | |
| 252 Now press <Enter>. Vim will go to the other window and jump to the selected | |
| 253 function. | |
| 254 | |
| 255 | |
| 256 RELATED ITEMS | |
| 257 | |
| 258 You can set 'ignorecase' to make case in tag names be ignored. | |
| 259 | |
| 260 The 'tagbsearch' option tells if the tags file is sorted or not. The default | |
| 261 is to assume a sorted tags file, which makes a tags search a lot faster, but | |
| 262 doesn't work if the tags file isn't sorted. | |
| 263 | |
| 264 The 'taglength' option can be used to tell Vim the number of significant | |
| 265 characters in a tag. | |
| 266 | |
| 267 When you use the SNiFF+ program, you can use the Vim interface to it |sniff|. | |
| 268 SNiFF+ is a commercial program. | |
| 269 | |
| 270 Cscope is a free program. It does not only find places where an identifier is | |
| 271 declared, but also where it is used. See |cscope|. | |
| 272 | |
| 273 ============================================================================== | |
| 274 *29.2* The preview window | |
| 275 | |
| 276 When you edit code that contains a function call, you need to use the correct | |
| 277 arguments. To know what values to pass you can look at how the function is | |
| 278 defined. The tags mechanism works very well for this. Preferably the | |
| 279 definition is displayed in another window. For this the preview window can be | |
| 280 used. | |
| 281 To open a preview window to display the function "write_char": > | |
| 282 | |
| 283 :ptag write_char | |
| 284 | |
| 285 Vim will open a window, and jumps to the tag "write_char". Then it takes you | |
| 286 back to the original position. Thus you can continue typing without the need | |
| 287 to use a CTRL-W command. | |
| 288 If the name of a function appears in the text, you can get its definition | |
| 289 in the preview window with: > | |
| 290 | |
| 291 CTRL-W } | |
| 292 | |
| 293 There is a script that automatically displays the text where the word under | |
| 294 the cursor was defined. See |CursorHold-example|. | |
| 295 | |
| 296 To close the preview window use this command: > | |
| 297 | |
| 298 :pclose | |
| 299 | |
| 300 To edit a specific file in the preview window, use ":pedit". This can be | |
| 301 useful to edit a header file, for example: > | |
| 302 | |
| 303 :pedit defs.h | |
| 304 | |
| 305 Finally, ":psearch" can be used to find a word in the current file and any | |
| 306 included files and display the match in the preview window. This is | |
| 307 especially useful when using library functions, for which you do not have a | |
| 308 tags file. Example: > | |
| 309 | |
| 310 :psearch popen | |
| 311 | |
| 312 This will show the "stdio.h" file in the preview window, with the function | |
| 313 prototype for popen(): | |
| 314 | |
| 315 FILE *popen __P((const char *, const char *)); ~ | |
| 316 | |
| 317 You can specify the height of the preview window, when it is opened, with the | |
| 318 'previewheight' option. | |
| 319 | |
| 320 ============================================================================== | |
| 321 *29.3* Moving through a program | |
| 322 | |
| 323 Since a program is structured, Vim can recognize items in it. Specific | |
| 324 commands can be used to move around. | |
| 325 C programs often contain constructs like this: | |
| 326 | |
| 327 #ifdef USE_POPEN ~ | |
| 328 fd = popen("ls", "r") ~ | |
| 329 #else ~ | |
| 330 fd = fopen("tmp", "w") ~ | |
| 331 #endif ~ | |
| 332 | |
| 333 But then much longer, and possibly nested. Position the cursor on the | |
| 334 "#ifdef" and press %. Vim will jump to the "#else". Pressing % again takes | |
| 335 you to the "#endif". Another % takes you to the "#ifdef" again. | |
| 336 When the construct is nested, Vim will find the matching items. This is a | |
| 337 good way to check if you didn't forget an "#endif". | |
| 338 When you are somewhere inside a "#if" - "#endif", you can jump to the start | |
| 339 of it with: > | |
| 340 | |
| 341 [# | |
| 342 | |
| 343 If you are not after a "#if" or "#ifdef" Vim will beep. To jump forward to | |
| 344 the next "#else" or "#endif" use: > | |
| 345 | |
| 346 ]# | |
| 347 | |
| 348 These two commands skip any "#if" - "#endif" blocks that they encounter. | |
| 349 Example: | |
| 350 | |
| 351 #if defined(HAS_INC_H) ~ | |
| 352 a = a + inc(); ~ | |
| 353 # ifdef USE_THEME ~ | |
| 354 a += 3; ~ | |
| 355 # endif ~ | |
| 356 set_width(a); ~ | |
| 357 | |
| 358 With the cursor in the last line, "[#" moves to the first line. The "#ifdef" | |
| 359 - "#endif" block in the middle is skipped. | |
| 360 | |
| 361 | |
| 362 MOVING IN CODE BLOCKS | |
| 363 | |
| 364 In C code blocks are enclosed in {}. These can get pretty long. To move to | |
| 365 the start of the outer block use the "[[" command. Use "][" to find the end. | |
| 366 This assumes that the "{" and "}" are in the first column. | |
| 367 The "[{" command moves to the start of the current block. It skips over | |
| 368 pairs of {} at the same level. "]}" jumps to the end. | |
| 369 An overview: | |
| 370 | |
| 371 function(int a) | |
| 372 +-> { | |
| 373 | if (a) | |
| 374 | +-> { | |
| 375 [[ | | for (;;) --+ | |
| 376 | | +-> { | | |
| 377 | [{ | | foo(32); | --+ | |
| 378 | | [{ | if (bar(a)) --+ | ]} | | |
| 379 +-- | +-- break; | ]} | | | |
| 380 | } <-+ | | ][ | |
| 381 +-- foobar(a) | | | |
| 382 } <-+ | | |
| 383 } <-+ | |
| 384 | |
| 385 When writing C++ or Java, the outer {} block is for the class. The next level | |
| 386 of {} is for a method. When somewhere inside a class use "[m" to find the | |
| 1621 | 387 previous start of a method. "]m" finds the next start of a method. |
| 7 | 388 |
| 389 Additionally, "[]" moves backward to the end of a function and "]]" moves | |
| 390 forward to the start of the next function. The end of a function is defined | |
| 391 by a "}" in the first column. | |
| 392 | |
| 393 int func1(void) | |
| 394 { | |
| 395 return 1; | |
| 396 +----------> } | |
| 397 | | |
| 398 [] | int func2(void) | |
| 399 | +-> { | |
| 400 | [[ | if (flag) | |
| 401 start +-- +-- return flag; | |
| 402 | ][ | return 2; | |
| 403 | +-> } | |
| 404 ]] | | |
| 405 | int func3(void) | |
| 406 +----------> { | |
| 407 return 3; | |
| 408 } | |
| 409 | |
| 410 Don't forget you can also use "%" to move between matching (), {} and []. | |
| 411 That also works when they are many lines apart. | |
| 412 | |
| 413 | |
| 414 MOVING IN BRACES | |
| 415 | |
| 416 The "[(" and "])" commands work similar to "[{" and "]}", except that they | |
| 417 work on () pairs instead of {} pairs. | |
| 418 > | |
| 419 [( | |
| 420 < <-------------------------------- | |
| 421 <------- | |
| 422 if (a == b && (c == d || (e > f)) && x > y) ~ | |
| 423 --------------> | |
| 424 --------------------------------> > | |
| 425 ]) | |
| 426 | |
| 427 MOVING IN COMMENTS | |
| 428 | |
| 429 To move back to the start of a comment use "[/". Move forward to the end of a | |
| 430 comment with "]/". This only works for /* - */ comments. | |
| 431 | |
| 432 +-> +-> /* | |
| 433 | [/ | * A comment about --+ | |
| 434 [/ | +-- * wonderful life. | ]/ | |
| 435 | */ <-+ | |
| 436 | | |
| 437 +-- foo = bar * 3; --+ | |
| 438 | ]/ | |
| 439 /* a short comment */ <-+ | |
| 440 | |
| 441 ============================================================================== | |
| 442 *29.4* Finding global identifiers | |
| 443 | |
| 444 You are editing a C program and wonder if a variable is declared as "int" or | |
| 445 "unsigned". A quick way to find this is with the "[I" command. | |
| 446 Suppose the cursor is on the word "column". Type: > | |
| 447 | |
| 448 [I | |
| 449 | |
| 450 Vim will list the matching lines it can find. Not only in the current file, | |
| 451 but also in all included files (and files included in them, etc.). The result | |
| 452 looks like this: | |
| 453 | |
| 454 structs.h ~ | |
| 455 1: 29 unsigned column; /* column number */ ~ | |
| 456 | |
| 457 The advantage over using tags or the preview window is that included files are | |
| 458 searched. In most cases this results in the right declaration to be found. | |
| 459 Also when the tags file is out of date. Also when you don't have tags for the | |
| 460 included files. | |
| 461 However, a few things must be right for "[I" to do its work. First of all, | |
| 462 the 'include' option must specify how a file is included. The default value | |
| 463 works for C and C++. For other languages you will have to change it. | |
| 464 | |
| 465 | |
| 466 LOCATING INCLUDED FILES | |
| 467 | |
| 468 Vim will find included files in the places specified with the 'path' | |
| 469 option. If a directory is missing, some include files will not be found. You | |
| 470 can discover this with this command: > | |
| 471 | |
| 472 :checkpath | |
| 473 | |
| 474 It will list the include files that could not be found. Also files included | |
| 475 by the files that could be found. An example of the output: | |
| 476 | |
| 477 --- Included files not found in path --- ~ | |
| 478 <io.h> ~ | |
| 479 vim.h --> ~ | |
| 480 <functions.h> ~ | |
| 481 <clib/exec_protos.h> ~ | |
| 482 | |
| 483 The "io.h" file is included by the current file and can't be found. "vim.h" | |
| 484 can be found, thus ":checkpath" goes into this file and checks what it | |
| 485 includes. The "functions.h" and "clib/exec_protos.h" files, included by | |
| 486 "vim.h" are not found. | |
| 487 | |
| 488 Note: | |
| 489 Vim is not a compiler. It does not recognize "#ifdef" statements. | |
| 490 This means every "#include" statement is used, also when it comes | |
| 491 after "#if NEVER". | |
| 492 | |
| 493 To fix the files that could not be found, add a directory to the 'path' | |
| 494 option. A good place to find out about this is the Makefile. Look out for | |
| 495 lines that contain "-I" items, like "-I/usr/local/X11". To add this directory | |
| 496 use: > | |
| 497 | |
| 498 :set path+=/usr/local/X11 | |
| 499 | |
| 1621 | 500 When there are many subdirectories, you can use the "*" wildcard. Example: > |
| 7 | 501 |
| 502 :set path+=/usr/*/include | |
| 503 | |
| 504 This would find files in "/usr/local/include" as well as "/usr/X11/include". | |
| 505 | |
| 506 When working on a project with a whole nested tree of included files, the "**" | |
| 507 items is useful. This will search down in all subdirectories. Example: > | |
| 508 | |
| 509 :set path+=/projects/invent/**/include | |
| 510 | |
| 511 This will find files in the directories: | |
| 512 | |
| 513 /projects/invent/include ~ | |
| 514 /projects/invent/main/include ~ | |
| 515 /projects/invent/main/os/include ~ | |
| 516 etc. | |
| 517 | |
| 518 There are even more possibilities. Check out the 'path' option for info. | |
| 519 If you want to see which included files are actually found, use this | |
| 520 command: > | |
| 521 | |
| 522 :checkpath! | |
| 523 | |
| 524 You will get a (very long) list of included files, the files they include, and | |
| 525 so on. To shorten the list a bit, Vim shows "(Already listed)" for files that | |
| 526 were found before and doesn't list the included files in there again. | |
| 527 | |
| 528 | |
| 529 JUMPING TO A MATCH | |
| 530 | |
| 531 "[I" produces a list with only one line of text. When you want to have a | |
| 532 closer look at the first item, you can jump to that line with the command: > | |
| 533 | |
| 534 [<Tab> | |
| 535 | |
| 536 You can also use "[ CTRL-I", since CTRL-I is the same as pressing <Tab>. | |
| 537 | |
| 538 The list that "[I" produces has a number at the start of each line. When you | |
| 539 want to jump to another item than the first one, type the number first: > | |
| 540 | |
| 541 3[<Tab> | |
| 542 | |
| 543 Will jump to the third item in the list. Remember that you can use CTRL-O to | |
| 544 jump back to where you started from. | |
| 545 | |
| 546 | |
| 547 RELATED COMMANDS | |
| 548 | |
| 549 [i only lists the first match | |
| 550 ]I only lists items below the cursor | |
| 551 ]i only lists the first item below the cursor | |
| 552 | |
| 553 | |
| 554 FINDING DEFINED IDENTIFIERS | |
| 555 | |
| 556 The "[I" command finds any identifier. To find only macros, defined with | |
| 557 "#define" use: > | |
| 558 | |
| 559 [D | |
| 560 | |
| 561 Again, this searches in included files. The 'define' option specifies what a | |
| 562 line looks like that defines the items for "[D". You could change it to make | |
| 563 it work with other languages than C or C++. | |
| 564 The commands related to "[D" are: | |
| 565 | |
| 566 [d only lists the first match | |
| 567 ]D only lists items below the cursor | |
| 568 ]d only lists the first item below the cursor | |
| 569 | |
| 570 ============================================================================== | |
| 571 *29.5* Finding local identifiers | |
| 572 | |
| 573 The "[I" command searches included files. To search in the current file only, | |
| 574 and jump to the first place where the word under the cursor is used: > | |
| 575 | |
| 576 gD | |
| 577 | |
| 578 Hint: Goto Definition. This command is very useful to find a variable or | |
| 579 function that was declared locally ("static", in C terms). Example (cursor on | |
| 580 "counter"): | |
| 581 | |
| 582 +-> static int counter = 0; | |
| 583 | | |
| 584 | int get_counter(void) | |
| 585 gD | { | |
| 586 | ++counter; | |
| 587 +-- return counter; | |
| 588 } | |
| 589 | |
| 590 To restrict the search even further, and look only in the current function, | |
| 591 use this command: > | |
| 592 | |
| 593 gd | |
| 594 | |
| 595 This will go back to the start of the current function and find the first | |
| 596 occurrence of the word under the cursor. Actually, it searches backwards to | |
| 1668 | 597 an empty line above a "{" in the first column. From there it searches forward |
| 598 for the identifier. Example (cursor on "idx"): | |
| 7 | 599 |
| 600 int find_entry(char *name) | |
| 601 { | |
| 602 +-> int idx; | |
| 603 | | |
| 604 gd | for (idx = 0; idx < table_len; ++idx) | |
| 605 | if (strcmp(table[idx].name, name) == 0) | |
| 606 +-- return idx; | |
| 607 } | |
| 608 | |
| 609 ============================================================================== | |
| 610 | |
| 611 Next chapter: |usr_30.txt| Editing programs | |
| 612 | |
| 613 Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: |