ctags: using with nedit: (1) jumping to function calls? (2) command line switches? (3) Exuberant ctags?

Randy Kramer rhkramer at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 13:09:23 CET 2007


I'm trying to learn to use ctags (with nedit, to review the nedit source 
code), and have some questions:

1.  I've got things working partially in that when I select a function, I can 
press <ctrl>d to get to the definition.  I thought (or hoped) that I could 
also go the other way, that is from the definition jump to each place where 
the function was called.  So far I can't do that.  Is that a capability of 
ctags / nedit?  (Is that a limitation in nedit?)

2.  So far I've been indexing the files using ctags with no command line 
switches.  I suspect I should use some or all of the following:

-d, --defines
-g, --globals
-m, --members
-t, --typedefs
-T, --typedefs-and-c++

What do you use / recommend?

3. Would Exuberant ctags provide any additional functionality?

Thanks!
Randy Kramer


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