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date | Mon, 21 May 2001 12:22:16 +0000 |
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1 .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 2001 Free Software Foundation |
25853 | 2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution |
37455 | 3 .TH etags 1 "08apr2001" "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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19 [\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-no\-defines\|] |
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20 [\|\-\-no\-globals\|] [\|\-\-include=\fIfile\fP\|] |
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21 [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] |
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22 [\|\-\-members\|] [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] |
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23 [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] [\|\-\-no\-regex\|] |
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24 [\|\-\-ignore\-case\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] |
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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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32 [\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-backward\-search\|] |
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33 [\|\-\-cxref\|] [\|\-\-defines\|] [\|\-\-forward\-search\|] |
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34 [\|\-\-globals\|] [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] |
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35 [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] [\|\-\-members\|] |
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36 [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] |
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37 [\|\-\-ignore\-case\-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 |
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47 .BR emacs ( 1 )\c | |
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48 \&; the \|\fBctags\fP\| program is used to create a similar table in a |
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50 .BR vi ( 1 )\c | |
51 \&. Both forms of the program understand | |
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52 the syntax of C, Objective C, C++, Java, Fortran, Ada, Cobol, Erlang, |
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53 LaTeX, Emacs Lisp/Common Lisp, makefiles, Pascal, Perl, 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 | |
62 with absolute file names. | |
63 The programs recognize the language used in an input file based on its | |
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64 file name and contents. The \fB\-\-language\fP switch can be used to force |
25853 | 65 parsing of the file names following the switch according to the given |
66 language, overriding guesses based on filename extensions. | |
67 .SH OPTIONS | |
68 Some options make sense only for the \fBvi\fP style tag files produced | |
69 by ctags; | |
70 \fBetags\fP does not recognize them. | |
71 The programs accept unambiguous abbreviations for long option names. | |
72 .TP | |
73 .B \-a, \-\-append | |
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74 Append to existing tag file. (For \fBvi\fP-format tag files, see also |
25853 | 75 \fB\-\-update\fP.) |
76 .TP | |
77 .B \-B, \-\-backward\-search | |
78 Tag files written in the format expected by \fBvi\fP contain regular | |
79 expression search instructions; the \fB\-B\fP option writes them using | |
80 the delimiter `\|\fB?\fP\|', to search \fIbackwards\fP through files. | |
81 The default is to use the delimiter `\|\fB/\fP\|', to search \fIforwards\fP | |
82 through files. | |
83 Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
84 .TP | |
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85 .B \-\-declarations |
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86 In C and derived languages, create tags for function declarations, |
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87 and create tags for extern variables unless \-\-no\-globals is used. |
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88 .TP |
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90 Create tag entries for C preprocessor constant definitions |
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91 and enum constants, too. This is the |
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92 default behavior for \fBetags\fP. |
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94 .B \-D, \-\-no\-defines | |
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95 Do not create tag entries for C preprocessor constant definitions |
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96 and enum constants. |
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98 This is the default behavior for \fBctags\fP. |
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99 .TP |
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100 .B \-g, \-\-globals |
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101 Create tag entries for global variables in C, C++, Objective C, Java, |
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102 and Perl. |
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103 This is the default behavior for \fBetags\fP. |
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104 .TP |
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105 .B \-G, \-\-no\-globals |
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106 Do not tag global variables. Typically this reduces the file size by |
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107 one fourth. This is the default behavior for \fBctags\fP. |
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108 .TP |
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109 \fB\-i\fP \fIfile\fP, \fB\-\-include=\fIfile\fP |
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110 Include a note in the tag file indicating that, when searching for a |
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111 tag, one should also consult the tags file \fIfile\fP after checking the |
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112 current file. This options is only accepted by \fBetags\fP. |
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113 .TP |
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114 .B \-I, \-\-ignore\-indentation |
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115 Don't rely on indentation as much as we normally do. Currently, this |
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116 means not to assume that a closing brace in the first column is the |
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117 final brace of a function or structure definition in C and C++. |
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119 \fB\-l\fP \fIlanguage\fP, \fB\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP | |
120 Parse the following files according to the given language. More than | |
121 one such options may be intermixed with filenames. Use \fB\-\-help\fP | |
122 to get a list of the available languages and their default filename | |
123 extensions. The `auto' language can be used to restore automatic | |
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124 detection of language based on the file name. The `none' |
25853 | 125 language may be used to disable language parsing altogether; only |
126 regexp matching is done in this case (see the \fB\-\-regex\fP option). | |
127 .TP | |
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128 .B \-m, \-\-members |
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129 Create tag entries for variables that are members of structure-like |
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131 .TP |
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132 .B \-M, \-\-no\-members |
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133 Do not tag member variables. This is the default behavior. |
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134 .TP |
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135 .B \-\-packages\-only |
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136 Only tag packages in Ada files. |
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137 .TP |
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139 Explicit name of file for tag table; overrides default \fBTAGS\fP or |
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140 \fBtags\fP. (But ignored with \fB\-v\fP or \fB\-x\fP.) |
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142 \fB\-r\fP \fIregexp\fP, \fB\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP | |
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143 .TP |
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144 \fB\-\-ignore\-case\-regex=\fIregexp\fP |
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145 Make tags based on regexp matching for each line of the files |
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146 following this option, in addition to the tags made with the standard |
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147 parsing based on language. When using \fB\-\-regex\fP, case is |
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148 significant, while it is not with \fB\-\-ignore\-case\-regex\fP. May |
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149 be freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-R\fP option. The |
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150 regexps are cumulative, i.e. each option will add to the previous |
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151 ones. The regexps are of the form: |
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153 \fB/\fP\fItagregexp\fP[\fB/\fP\fInameregexp\fP]\fB/\fP |
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155 | |
156 where \fItagregexp\fP is used to match the lines that must be tagged. | |
157 It should not match useless characters. If the match is | |
158 such that more characters than needed are unavoidably matched by | |
159 \fItagregexp\fP, it may be useful to add a \fInameregexp\fP, to | |
160 narrow down the tag scope. \fBctags\fP ignores regexps without a | |
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161 \fInameregexp\fP. The syntax of regexps is the same as in emacs, |
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162 augmented with intervals of the form \\{m,n\\}, as in \fBed\fP or |
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163 \fBgrep\fP. |
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165 Here are some examples. All the regexps are quoted to protect them | |
166 from shell interpretation. | |
167 .br | |
168 | |
169 Tag the DEFVAR macros in the emacs source files: | |
170 .br | |
171 \fI\-\-regex\='/[ \\t]*DEFVAR_[A-Z_ \\t(]+"\\([^"]+\\)"\/'\fP | |
172 .br | |
173 | |
174 Tag VHDL files (this example is a single long line, broken here for | |
175 formatting reasons): | |
176 .br | |
177 \fI\-\-language\=none\ \-\-regex='/[\ \\t]*\\(ARCHITECTURE\\|\\ | |
178 CONFIGURATION\\)\ +[^\ ]*\ +OF/'\ \-\-regex\='/[\ \\t]*\\ | |
179 \\(ATTRIBUTE\\|ENTITY\\|FUNCTION\\|PACKAGE\\(\ BODY\\)?\\ | |
180 \\|PROCEDURE\\|PROCESS\\|TYPE\\)[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t(]+\\)/\\3/'\fP | |
181 .br | |
182 | |
183 Tag TCL files (this last example shows the usage of a \fItagregexp\fP): | |
184 .br | |
185 \fI\-\-lang\=none \-\-regex\='/proc[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t]+\\)/\\1/'\fP | |
186 | |
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189 lines of files of the specified language. Use \fBetags --help\fP to obtain |
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190 a list of the recognised languages. This feature is particularly useful inside |
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191 \fBregex files\fP. A regex file contains one regex per line. Empty lines, |
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192 and those lines beginning with space or tab are ignored. Lines beginning |
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193 with @ are references to regex files whose name follows the @ sign. Other |
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194 lines are considered regular expressions like those following \fB\-\-regex\fP. |
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198 \fIetags \-\-regex=@regex.file *.c\fP |
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200 reads the regexes contained in the file regex.file. |
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202 .B \-R, \-\-no\-regex | |
203 Don't do any more regexp matching on the following files. May be | |
204 freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-\-regex\fP option. | |
205 .TP | |
206 .B \-t, \-\-typedefs | |
207 Record typedefs in C code as tags. Since this is the default behaviour | |
208 of \fBetags\fP, only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
209 .TP | |
210 .B \-T, \-\-typedefs\-and\-c++ | |
211 Generate tag entries for typedefs, struct, enum, and union tags, and | |
212 C++ member functions. Since this is the default behaviour | |
213 of \fBetags\fP, only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
214 .TP | |
215 .B \-u, \-\-update | |
216 Update tag entries for \fIfiles\fP specified on command line, leaving | |
217 tag entries for other files in place. Currently, this is implemented | |
218 by deleting the existing entries for the given files and then | |
219 rewriting the new entries at the end of the tags file. It is often | |
220 faster to simply rebuild the entire tag file than to use this. | |
221 Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
222 .TP | |
223 .B \-v, \-\-vgrind | |
224 Instead of generating a tag file, write index (in \fBvgrind\fP format) | |
225 to standard output. Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
226 .TP | |
227 .B \-w, \-\-no\-warn | |
228 Suppress warning messages about duplicate entries. The \fBetags\fP | |
229 program does not check for duplicate entries, so this option is not | |
230 allowed with it. | |
231 .TP | |
232 .B \-x, \-\-cxref | |
233 Instead of generating a tag file, write a cross reference (in | |
234 \fBcxref\fP format) to standard output. Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option. | |
235 .TP | |
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236 .B \-h, \-H, \-\-help |
25853 | 237 Print usage information. |
238 .TP | |
239 .B \-V, \-\-version | |
240 Print the current version of the program (same as the version of the | |
241 emacs \fBetags\fP is shipped with). | |
242 | |
243 .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
244 `\|\fBemacs\fP\|' entry in \fBinfo\fP; \fIGNU Emacs Manual\fP, Richard | |
245 Stallman. | |
246 .br | |
247 .BR cxref ( 1 ), | |
248 .BR emacs ( 1 ), | |
249 .BR vgrind ( 1 ), | |
250 .BR vi ( 1 ). | |
251 | |
252 .SH COPYING | |
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253 Copyright |
37363 | 254 .if t \(co |
255 .if n (c) | |
256 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
25853 | 257 .PP |
37363 | 258 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
259 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 | |
260 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; | |
261 with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and no | |
262 Back-Cover Texts. | |
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265 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document |
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266 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the |
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267 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. |
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269 .BR gfdl ( 1 ) | |
270 man page, and in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation | |
271 License" in the Emacs manual. |