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1 *gutentags.txt* Automatic ctags management for VIM
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2 ___ ___ ___ ___
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3 /\__\ /\ \ /\__\ /\ \
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4 /:/ _/_ \:\ \ ___ /:/ _/_ \:\ \
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5 /:/ /\ \ \:\ \ /\__\ /:/ /\__\ \:\ \
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6 /:/ /::\ \ ___ \:\ \ /:/ / /:/ /:/ _/_ _____\:\ \
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8 \:\ \ /:/ / \:\ \ /:/ / /::\ \ \:\/:/ /:/ / \:\~~\~~\/__/
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9 \:\ /:/ / \:\ /:/ / /:/\:\ \ \::/_/:/ / \:\ \
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11 \::/ / \::/ / \:\__\ \::/ / \:\__\
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12 \/__/ \/__/ \/__/ \/__/ \/__/
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17 /:/ / /:/ /::\ \ /:/ /::\ \ /:/ /::\ \
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18 /:/__/ /:/_/:/\:\__\ /:/__\/\:\__\ /:/_/:/\:\__\
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19 /::\ \ \:\/:/ \/__/ \:\ \ /:/ / \:\/:/ /:/ /
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20 /:/\:\ \ \::/__/ \:\ /:/ / \::/ /:/ /
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21 \/__\:\ \ \:\ \ \:\/:/ / \/_/:/ /
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26 GUTENTAGS REFERENCE MANUAL
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27 by Ludovic Chabant
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29 *gutentags*
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31 1. Introduction |gutentags-intro|
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32 2. Commands |gutentags-commands|
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33 3. Status Line |gutentags-status-line|
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34 4. Global Settings |gutentags-settings|
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36 =============================================================================
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37 1. Introduction *gutentags-intro*
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39 Gutentags is a plugin that takes care of the much needed management of tags
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40 files in Vim. It will (re)generate tag files as you work while staying
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41 completely out of your way. It will even do its best to keep those tag files
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42 out of your way too. It has no dependencies and just works.
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44 In order to generate tag files, Gutentags will have to figure out what's in
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45 your project. To do this, it will locate well-known project root markers like
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46 SCM folders (.git, .hg, etc.), any custom tags you define (with
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47 |gutentags_project_root|), and even things you may have defined already with
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48 other plugins, like CtrlP.
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50 If the current file you're editing is found to be in such a project, Gutentags
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51 will make sure the tag file for that project is up to date. Then, as you work
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52 in files in that project, it will partially re-generate the tag file. Every
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53 time you save, it will silently, in the background, update the tags for that
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54 file.
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56 Usually, ctags can only append tags to an existing tag file, so Gutentags
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57 removes the tags for the current file first, to make sure the tag file is
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58 always consistent with the source code.
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60 Also, Gutentags is clever enough to not stumble upon itself by triggering
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61 multiple ctags processes if you save files to fast, or your project is really
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62 big.
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64 There are some similar Vim plugins out there ("vim-tags", "vim-autotag",
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65 "vim-automatic-ctags", etc.). They all fail on one or more of the requirements
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66 I set for myself with Gutentags:
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68 * No other dependency than running Vim: no Python, Ruby, or whatever.
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69 * Cross-platform: should work on at least Mac and Windows.
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70 * Incremental tags generation: don't re-generate the whole project all the
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71 time. This may be fine for small projects, but it doesn't scale.
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72 * External process management: if the ctags process is taking a long time,
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73 don't run another one because I saved the file again.
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74 * Keep the tag file consistent: don't just append the current file's tags to
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75 the tag file, otherwise you will still "see" tags for deleted or renamed
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76 classes and functions.
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77 * Automatically create the tag file: you open something from a freshly forked
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78 project, it should start indexing it automatically, just in Sublime Text or
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79 Visual Studio or any other IDE.
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82 =============================================================================
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83 2. Commands *gutentags-commands*
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85 *gutentags-global-commands*
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86 The following commands are always available, whatever buffer you currently
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87 have open:
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89 *:GutentagsGenerate*
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90 :GutentagsGenerate {tagsfile}
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91 Generates a tag file named {tagsfile}. Tags will be
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92 generated for all the files in the same directory as
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93 {tagsfile} and below (i.e. recursive from {tagsfile}'s
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94 own directory).
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97 *gutentags-project-commands*
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98 The following commands are only available in buffers that have been found to
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99 belong to a project that should be managed by Gutentags. See
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100 |gutentags_project_root| for how Gutentags figures out the project a file
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101 belongs to. When not project is found (i.e. the file is not under any of the
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102 known project markers), Gutentags is disabled for that buffer, and the
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103 following commands and remarks don't apply.
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105 The tag file that Gutentags creates and manages will be named after
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106 |gutentags_tagfile|, relative to the project's root directory. When Gutentags
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107 finds a valid project root, it will prepend the tag file's path to 'tags',
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108 unless |gutentags_auto_set_tags| is set to 0. This is to make sure Vim will use
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109 that file first.
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111 If a file managed by Gutentags is opened and no tag file already exists,
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112 Gutentags will start generating it right away in the background, unless
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113 |gutentags_generate_on_missing| is set to 0. If you have a large project, you
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114 may want to know when Gutentags is generating tags: see
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115 |gutentags-status-line| to display an indicator in your status line.
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117 When a file managed by Gutentags is saved, the tag file will be incrementally
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118 updated, i.e. references to the recently saved file are removed, and that file
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119 is re-parsed for tags, with the result being merged into the tag file. This
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120 makes the tag file 100% consistent with the latest changes. This doesn't
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121 happen however if |gutentags_generate_on_write| is set to 0, in which case you
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122 have to run |GutentagsUpdate| manually.
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125 *:GutentagsUpdate*
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126 :GutentagsUpdate
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127 Forces an update of the current tag file with the
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128 current buffer. If tags are already being generated,
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132 Like |GutentagsUpdate|, but updates the current tags
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133 file with the whole project instead of just the
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134 current buffer.
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137 Some debugging/troubleshooting commands are also available if the
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138 |gutentags_define_advanced_commands| global setting is set to 1.
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140 *:GutentagsToggleEnabled*
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141 :GutentagsToggleEnabled
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142 Disables and re-enables Gutentags.
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143 When Gutentags is disabled, it won't update your tag
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144 file when you save a buffer. It will however still
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145 look for project markers as you open new buffers so
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146 that they can start working again when you re-enable
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147 Gutentags.
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149 *GutentagsToggleTrace*
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150 :GutentagsToggleTrace
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151 If you want to keep an eye on what Gutentags is doing,
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152 you can enable tracing. This will show messages every
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153 time Gutentags does something. It can get annoying
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154 quickly, since it will require you to press a key to
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155 dismiss those messages, but it can be useful to
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156 troubleshoot a problem.
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157 In addition to messages in Vim, it will also make
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158 Gutentags redirect the output of the tag generation
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159 script to a `.log` file in the project root.
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161 *:GutentagsUnlock*
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162 :GutentagsUnlock
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163 Gutentags uses a `.lock` file to know when tag
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164 generation is running. If something goes wrong with
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165 that process, that lock file could be left behind. You
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166 could just remove it manually from the root of your
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167 project, but you can also run |:GutentagsUnlock| so
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168 that Vim does it for you.
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169 If you find that you need to use this more than a
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170 couple times ever, there's probably a bug with
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171 Gutentags, or something otherwise wrong or unexpected
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172 with your system. Please file a bug.
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174 =============================================================================
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175 3. Status Line *gutentags-status-line*
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177 Tag file generation can take a while if you're working on a project big
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178 enough. In that case, you may want to know when `ctags` is running, so you
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179 have a heads up if some of the tags aren't recognized yet.
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180
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181 *gutentags#statusline()*
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182 You can display and indicator of tag generation progress in your |status-line|
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183 with the following function: >
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184 :set statusline+=%{gutentags#statusline()}
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185
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186 This won't print anything unless Gutentags figures that `ctags` is running in
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187 the background. This is done by checking a `.lock` file next to the tag file,
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188 but there's also some optimization before that to not slow down Vim. Note that
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189 the `.lock` file can sometimes be left around incorrectly by the background
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190 process, and you may need to clean it up. See |:GutentagsUnlock|.
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191
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192 When Gutentags thinks `ctags` is still running, it will print the string
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193 "TAGS" by default. You can customize it: >
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194 :set statusline+=%{gutentags#statusline('[Generating...]')}
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196 This will print the string "[Generating...]" when tags are being generated.
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199 =============================================================================
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200 4. Global Settings *gutentags-settings*
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202 The following settings can be defined in your |vimrc| to change the default
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203 behaviour of Gutentags.
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204
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205 *gutentags_enabled*
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206 g:gutentags_enabled
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207 Defines whether Gutentags should be enabled. When
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208 disabled, Gutentags will still scan for project root
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209 markers when opening buffers. This is so that when you
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210 re-enable Gutentags, you won't have some buffers
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211 mysteriously working while others (those open last)
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212 don't.
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213 Defaults to 1.
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215 *gutentags_ctags_executable*
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216 g:gutentags_ctags_executable
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217 Specifies the ctags executable to launch.
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218 Defaults to `ctags`.
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219
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220 *gutentags_tagfile*
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221 g:gutentags_tagfile
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222 Specifies the name of the tag file to create. This
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223 will be appended to the project's root. See
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224 |gutentags_project_root| for how Gutentags locates the
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225 project.
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226 Defaults to `tags`.
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227
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228 *gutentags_project_root*
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229 g:gutentags_project_root
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230 When a buffer is loaded, Gutentags will figure out if
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231 it's part of a project that should have tags managed
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232 automatically. To do this, it looks for "root markers"
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233 in the current file's directory and its parent
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234 directories. If it finds any of those markers,
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235 Gutentags will be enabled for the project, and a tags
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236 file named after |gutentags_tagfile| will be created at
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237 the project root.
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238 Defaults to `[]` (an empty |List|).
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239 A list of default markers will always be appended to
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240 the user-defined ones: ['.git', '.hg', '.bzr',
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241 '_darcs'].
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243 *gutentags_exclude*
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244 g:gutentags_exclude
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245 A list of file patterns to pass to the
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246 |gutentags_executable| so that they will be excluded
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247 from parsing for the tags generation.
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248 Defaults to `[]` (an empty |List|).
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249 Patterns defined in 'wildignore' will also be given as
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250 exclude patterns to the `ctags` executable.
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252 *gutentags_ctags_options_file*
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253 g:gutentags_ctags_options_file
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254 The path to an options file that will be passed to
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255 the `ctags` executable with the `--options` option.
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256 In general you can put options in a `$HOME/.ctags`
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257 file, but this lets you specify a custom file
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258 specifically for Vim/Gutentags.
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260 *gutentags_auto_set_tags*
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261 g:gutentags_auto_set_tags
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262 If set to 1, Gutentags will automatically prepend
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264 current project. See |gutentags_project_root| for how
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265 Gutentags locates the project.
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266 When set to 0, Gutentags doesn't change 'tags', and
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267 this means that whatever tag file it generates may
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268 not be picked up by Vim. See |tagfiles()| to know what
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269 tag files Vim knows about.
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270 Defaults to 1.
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271
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272 *gutentags_generate_on_missing*
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273 g:gutentags_generate_on_missing
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274 If set to 1, Gutentags will start generating an initial
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275 tag file if a file is open in a project where no tags
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276 file is found. See |gutentags_project_root| for how
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277 Gutentags locates the project.
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278 When set to 0, Gutentags will only generate the first
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279 time the file is saved (if
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280 |gutentags_generate_on_write| is set to 1), or when
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281 |GutentagsUpdate| or |GutentagsGenerate| is run.
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282 Defaults to 1.
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283
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284 *gutentags_generate_on_write*
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285 g:gutentags_generate_on_write
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286 If set to 1, Gutentags will update the current
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287 project's tag file when a file inside that project is
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288 saved. See |gutentags_project_root| for how Gutentags
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289 locates the project.
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290 When set to 0, Gutentags won't do anything on save.
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291 This means that the project's tag file won't reflect
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292 the latest changes, and you will have to run
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293 |GutentagsUpdate| manually.
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294 Defaults to 1.
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295
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296 *gutentags_background_update*
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297 g:gutentags_background_update
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298 Specifies whether the process that updates the tags
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299 file should be run in the background or in the
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300 foreground. If run in the foreground, Vim will block
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301 until the process is complete.
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302 Defaults to 1.
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303
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304 *gutentags_cache_dir*
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305 g:gutentags_cache_dir
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306 Specifies a directory in which to create all the tags
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307 files, instead of writing them at the root of each
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308 project. This is handy to keep tags files from
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309 polluting many directories all across your computer.
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310
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311 *gutentags_define_advanced_commands*
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312 g:gutentags_define_advanced_commands
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313 Defines some advanced commands like
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314 |GutentagsToggleEnabled| and |GutentagsUnlock|.
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317 vim:tw=78:et:ft=help:norl: