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changeset 35870:d65d3d29e9ac
runtime(doc): re-format tag example lines, mention ctags --list-kinds
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5b07213c0b365f2a7fcdd10c7e7cd00aae3560a5
Author: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Date: Thu Aug 1 09:25:58 2024 +0200
runtime(doc): re-format tag example lines, mention ctags --list-kinds
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
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date | Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:30:07 +0200 |
parents | 407b352f3b19 |
children | 1758bb7a9865 |
files | runtime/doc/tagsrch.txt |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/runtime/doc/tagsrch.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/tagsrch.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*tagsrch.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Mar 16 +*tagsrch.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Aug 01 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -588,12 +588,12 @@ ctags). {term} ;" The two characters semicolon and double quote. This is interpreted by Vi as the start of a comment, which makes the following be ignored. This is for backwards compatibility - with Vi, it ignores the following fields. Example: + with Vi, it ignores the following fields. Example: > APP file /^static int APP;$/;" v - When {tagaddress} is not a line number or search pattern, then +< When {tagaddress} is not a line number or search pattern, then {term} must be |;". Here the bar ends the command (excluding the bar) and ;" is used to have Vi ignore the rest of the - line. Example: + line. Example: > APP file.c call cursor(3, 4)|;" v {field} .. A list of optional fields. Each field has the form: @@ -611,7 +611,9 @@ ctags). There is one field that doesn't have a ':'. This is the kind of the tag. It is handled like it was preceded with "kind:". - See the documentation of ctags for the kinds it produces. + In the above example, this was "kind:v" (typically variable). + See the documentation of ctags for the kinds it produces, with + ctags you can use `ctags --list-kinds` . The only other field currently recognized by Vim is "file:" (with an empty value). It is used for a static tag. @@ -656,14 +658,14 @@ If the command is a normal search comman The direction of the search is forward for "/", backward for "?". Note that 'wrapscan' does not matter, the whole file is always searched. - If the search fails, another try is done ignoring case. If that fails too, - a search is done for: + a search is done for: > "^tagname[ \t]*(" - (the tag with '^' prepended and "[ \t]*(" appended). When using function +< (the tag with '^' prepended and "[ \t]*(" appended). When using function names, this will find the function name when it is in column 0. This will help when the arguments to the function have changed since the tags file was - made. If this search also fails another search is done with: + made. If this search also fails another search is done with: > "^[#a-zA-Z_].*\<tagname[ \t]*(" - This means: A line starting with '#' or an identifier and containing the tag +< This means: A line starting with '#' or an identifier and containing the tag followed by white space and a '('. This will find macro names and function names with a type prepended.