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1 .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 2001 Free Software Foundation |
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3 .TH etags 1 "23nov2001" "GNU Tools" "GNU Tools" |
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5 .sp | |
6 .ti -.2i | |
7 \(** | |
8 .. | |
9 | |
10 .SH NAME | |
11 etags, ctags \- generate tag file for Emacs, vi | |
12 .SH SYNOPSIS | |
13 .hy 0 | |
14 .na | |
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15 \fBetags\fP [\|\-aCDGImRVh\|] [\|\-i \fIfile\fP\|] [\|\-l \fIlanguage\fP\|] |
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16 .if n .br |
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17 [\|\-o \fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-r \fIregexp\fP\|] |
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18 [\|\-\-parse\-stdin=\fIfile\fP\|] |
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20 [\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-no\-defines\|] |
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21 [\|\-\-no\-globals\|] [\|\-\-include=\fIfile\fP\|] |
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22 [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] |
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23 [\|\-\-members\|] [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] |
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24 [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] [\|\-\-no\-regex\|] |
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25 [\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|] |
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26 \fIfile\fP .\|.\|. |
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28 \fBctags\fP [\|\-aCdgImRVh\|] [\|\-BtTuvwx\|] [\|\-l \fIlanguage\fP\|] |
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29 .if n .br |
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30 [\|\-o \fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-r \fIregexp\fP\|] |
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31 [\|\-\-parse\-stdin=\fIfile\fP\|] |
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33 [\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-backward\-search\|] |
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34 [\|\-\-cxref\|] [\|\-\-defines\|] [\|\-\-forward\-search\|] |
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35 [\|\-\-globals\|] [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] |
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36 [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] [\|\-\-members\|] |
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37 [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] |
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38 [\|\-\-typedefs\|] [\|\-\-typedefs\-and\-c++\|] |
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39 [\|\-\-update\|] [\|\-\-no\-warn\|] |
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41 \fIfile\fP .\|.\|. |
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43 .hy 1 | |
44 .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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45 The \|\fBetags\fP\| program is used to create a tag table file, in a format |
25853 | 46 understood by |
47 .BR emacs ( 1 )\c | |
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48 \&; the \|\fBctags\fP\| program is used to create a similar table in a |
25853 | 49 format understood by |
50 .BR vi ( 1 )\c | |
51 \&. Both forms of the program understand | |
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53 LaTeX, Emacs Lisp/Common Lisp, makefiles, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Postscript, |
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54 Python, Prolog, Scheme and |
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55 most assembler\-like syntaxes. |
25853 | 56 Both forms read the files specified on the command line, and write a tag |
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57 table (defaults: \fBTAGS\fP for \fBetags\fP, \fBtags\fP for |
25853 | 58 \fBctags\fP) in the current working directory. |
59 Files specified with relative file names will be recorded in the tag | |
60 table with file names relative to the directory where the tag table | |
61 resides. Files specified with absolute file names will be recorded | |
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62 with absolute file names. Files generated from a source file\-\-like |
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63 a C file generated from a source Cweb file\-\-will be recorded with |
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64 the name of the source file. |
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66 file name and contents. The \fB\-\-language\fP switch can be used to force |
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68 language, overriding guesses based on filename extensions. | |
69 .SH OPTIONS | |
70 Some options make sense only for the \fBvi\fP style tag files produced | |
71 by ctags; | |
72 \fBetags\fP does not recognize them. | |
73 The programs accept unambiguous abbreviations for long option names. | |
74 .TP | |
75 .B \-a, \-\-append | |
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76 Append to existing tag file. (For \fBvi\fP-format tag files, see also |
25853 | 77 \fB\-\-update\fP.) |
78 .TP | |
79 .B \-B, \-\-backward\-search | |
80 Tag files written in the format expected by \fBvi\fP contain regular | |
81 expression search instructions; the \fB\-B\fP option writes them using | |
82 the delimiter `\|\fB?\fP\|', to search \fIbackwards\fP through files. | |
83 The default is to use the delimiter `\|\fB/\fP\|', to search \fIforwards\fP | |
84 through files. | |
85 Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
86 .TP | |
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87 .B \-\-declarations |
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88 In C and derived languages, create tags for function declarations, |
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89 and create tags for extern variables unless \-\-no\-globals is used. |
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90 .TP |
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92 Create tag entries for C preprocessor constant definitions |
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93 and enum constants, too. This is the |
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94 default behavior for \fBetags\fP. |
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96 .B \-D, \-\-no\-defines | |
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97 Do not create tag entries for C preprocessor constant definitions |
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98 and enum constants. |
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100 This is the default behavior for \fBctags\fP. |
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101 .TP |
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102 .B \-g, \-\-globals |
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103 Create tag entries for global variables in C, C++, Objective C, Java, |
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104 and Perl. |
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105 This is the default behavior for \fBetags\fP. |
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106 .TP |
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107 .B \-G, \-\-no\-globals |
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108 Do not tag global variables. Typically this reduces the file size by |
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109 one fourth. This is the default behavior for \fBctags\fP. |
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110 .TP |
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111 \fB\-i\fP \fIfile\fP, \fB\-\-include=\fIfile\fP |
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112 Include a note in the tag file indicating that, when searching for a |
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113 tag, one should also consult the tags file \fIfile\fP after checking the |
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114 current file. This options is only accepted by \fBetags\fP. |
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115 .TP |
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116 .B \-I, \-\-ignore\-indentation |
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117 Don't rely on indentation as much as we normally do. Currently, this |
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118 means not to assume that a closing brace in the first column is the |
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119 final brace of a function or structure definition in C and C++. |
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121 \fB\-l\fP \fIlanguage\fP, \fB\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP | |
122 Parse the following files according to the given language. More than | |
123 one such options may be intermixed with filenames. Use \fB\-\-help\fP | |
124 to get a list of the available languages and their default filename | |
125 extensions. The `auto' language can be used to restore automatic | |
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126 detection of language based on the file name. The `none' |
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128 regexp matching is done in this case (see the \fB\-\-regex\fP option). | |
129 .TP | |
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130 .B \-m, \-\-members |
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131 Create tag entries for variables that are members of structure-like |
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132 constructs in C++, Objective C, Java. |
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133 .TP |
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134 .B \-M, \-\-no\-members |
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135 Do not tag member variables. This is the default behavior. |
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136 .TP |
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137 .B \-\-packages\-only |
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138 Only tag packages in Ada files. |
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139 .TP |
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140 \fB\-\-parse\-stdin=\fIfile\fP |
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141 May be used (only once) in place of a file name on the command line. |
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144 .TP |
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147 \fBtags\fP. (But ignored with \fB\-v\fP or \fB\-x\fP.) |
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149 \fB\-r\fP \fIregexp\fP, \fB\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP | |
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151 Make tags based on regexp matching for the files following this option, |
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153 language. May be freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-R\fP |
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154 option. The regexps are cumulative, i.e. each such option will add to |
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157 [\fB{\fP\fIlanguage\fP\fB}\fP]\fB/\fP\fItagregexp/\fP[\fInameregexp\fP\fB/\fP]\fImodifiers\fP |
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158 .br |
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159 \fB@\fP\fIregexfile\fP |
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161 | |
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168 supported: \\a, \\b, \\d, \\e, \\f, \\n, \\r, \\t, \\v, which |
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172 The \fImodifiers\fP are a sequence of 0 or more characters among |
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173 \fIi\fP, which means to ignore case when matching; \fIm\fP, which means |
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174 that the \fItagregexp\fP will be matched against the whole file contents |
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184 The optional \fB{\fP\fIlanguage\fP\fB}\fP prefix means that the tag |
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196 Here are some examples. All the regexps are quoted to protect them | |
197 from shell interpretation. | |
198 .br | |
199 | |
200 Tag the DEFVAR macros in the emacs source files: | |
201 .br | |
202 \fI\-\-regex\='/[ \\t]*DEFVAR_[A-Z_ \\t(]+"\\([^"]+\\)"\/'\fP | |
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203 .\"" This comment is to avoid confusion to Emacs syntax highlighting |
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205 | |
206 Tag VHDL files (this example is a single long line, broken here for | |
207 formatting reasons): | |
208 .br | |
209 \fI\-\-language\=none\ \-\-regex='/[\ \\t]*\\(ARCHITECTURE\\|\\ | |
210 CONFIGURATION\\)\ +[^\ ]*\ +OF/'\ \-\-regex\='/[\ \\t]*\\ | |
211 \\(ATTRIBUTE\\|ENTITY\\|FUNCTION\\|PACKAGE\\(\ BODY\\)?\\ | |
212 \\|PROCEDURE\\|PROCESS\\|TYPE\\)[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t(]+\\)/\\3/'\fP | |
213 .br | |
214 | |
215 Tag TCL files (this last example shows the usage of a \fItagregexp\fP): | |
216 .br | |
217 \fI\-\-lang\=none \-\-regex\='/proc[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t]+\\)/\\1/'\fP | |
218 | |
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221 lines of files of the specified language. Use \fBetags --help\fP to obtain |
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222 a list of the recognised languages. This feature is particularly useful inside |
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223 \fBregex files\fP. A regex file contains one regex per line. Empty lines, |
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224 and those lines beginning with space or tab are ignored. Lines beginning |
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228 For example, the command |
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230 \fIetags \-\-regex=@regex.file *.c\fP |
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232 reads the regexes contained in the file regex.file. |
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234 .B \-R, \-\-no\-regex | |
235 Don't do any more regexp matching on the following files. May be | |
236 freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-\-regex\fP option. | |
237 .TP | |
238 .B \-t, \-\-typedefs | |
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239 Record typedefs in C code as tags. Since this is the default behavior |
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241 .TP | |
242 .B \-T, \-\-typedefs\-and\-c++ | |
243 Generate tag entries for typedefs, struct, enum, and union tags, and | |
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246 .TP | |
247 .B \-u, \-\-update | |
248 Update tag entries for \fIfiles\fP specified on command line, leaving | |
249 tag entries for other files in place. Currently, this is implemented | |
250 by deleting the existing entries for the given files and then | |
251 rewriting the new entries at the end of the tags file. It is often | |
252 faster to simply rebuild the entire tag file than to use this. | |
253 Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
254 .TP | |
255 .B \-v, \-\-vgrind | |
256 Instead of generating a tag file, write index (in \fBvgrind\fP format) | |
257 to standard output. Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
258 .TP | |
259 .B \-w, \-\-no\-warn | |
260 Suppress warning messages about duplicate entries. The \fBetags\fP | |
261 program does not check for duplicate entries, so this option is not | |
262 allowed with it. | |
263 .TP | |
264 .B \-x, \-\-cxref | |
265 Instead of generating a tag file, write a cross reference (in | |
266 \fBcxref\fP format) to standard output. Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
267 .TP | |
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270 .TP | |
271 .B \-V, \-\-version | |
272 Print the current version of the program (same as the version of the | |
273 emacs \fBetags\fP is shipped with). | |
274 | |
275 .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
276 `\|\fBemacs\fP\|' entry in \fBinfo\fP; \fIGNU Emacs Manual\fP, Richard | |
277 Stallman. | |
278 .br | |
279 .BR cxref ( 1 ), | |
280 .BR emacs ( 1 ), | |
281 .BR vgrind ( 1 ), | |
282 .BR vi ( 1 ). | |
283 | |
284 .SH COPYING | |
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288 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
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