I have been playing around with this, I created the tags file in the root directory of my codebase but bbedit does not 'see it' (selecting 'Find Definition' from the menu does nothing and it does not appear in the contextual menu). Do I need to restart bbedit for the file to be picked up?
Thanks François On Sep 6, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Alex Satrapa wrote: > On 6 Sep 2011, at 14:17, Oliver Taylor wrote: > >> Can someone explain ctags to me? I gather that it is a list of words which >> BBEdit looks for matches against when doing text coloring, populating the >> function menu, and completion - but beyond that I'm clueless. I tried to >> look at the ctags docs and knew instantly my kung-fu was too weak. > > The short, short version: > > 1) Open Terminal > 2) cd to the directory where your code is > 3) type "bbedit --maketags ." > > The important bit, of course, is that you'll need to repeat that process any > time you modify your code. > > Now when you look at your code in BBEdit you'll see new colours for words > corresponding to terms defined elsewhere. Right-click on the word to bring up > the context menu, and you'll see an entry for "definitions", which then > presents a sub-menu of locations where the term has been defined. > > The "--maketags" option is mentioned in passing on p296 of the BBEdit User > Guide. Search for "ctags" and you'll find plenty of other information about > this service. > > Alex > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
