comparison etc/etags.1 @ 26339:91bc9f283495

Added wording for the regex files and the --ignore-case-regex option.

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[\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-c++\|] [\|\-\-no\-defines\|]
[\|\-\-no\-globals\|] [\|\-\-include=\fIfile\fP\|]
[\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|]
[\|\-\-members\|] [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|]
[\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] [\|\-\-no\-regex\|]
[\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|]
\fIfile\fP .\|.\|.

.B ctags [\|\-aCdgImRVh\|] [\|\-BtTuvwx\|] [\|\-l \fIlanguage\fP\|]
.if n .br

[\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-backward\-search\|] [\|\-\-c++\|]
[\|\-\-cxref\|] [\|\-\-defines\|] [\|\-\-forward\-search\|]
[\|\-\-globals\|] [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|]
[\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] [\|\-\-members\|]
[\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|]
[\|\-\-typedefs\|] [\|\-\-typedefs\-and\-c++\|]
[\|\-\-update\|] [\|\-\-no\-warn\|]
[\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|]
\fIfile\fP .\|.\|.
.ad b

\fB\-o\fP \fItagfile\fP, \fB\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP
Explicit name of file for tag table; overrides default `\|TAGS\|' or
`\|tags\|'.   (But ignored with \fB\-v\fP or \fB\-x\fP.)
.TP
\fB\-r\fP \fIregexp\fP, \fB\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP
Make tags based on regexp matching for each line of the files
following this option, in addition to the tags made with the standard
parsing based on language.  May be freely intermixed with filenames
and the \fB\-R\fP option.  The regexps are cumulative, i.e. each
option will add to the previous ones.  The regexps are of the form:
.br

		\fB/\fP\fItagregexp\fP[\fB/\fP\fInameregexp\fP]\fB/\fP
.br

where \fItagregexp\fP is used to match the lines that must be tagged.
It should not match useless characters.  If the match is
such that more characters than needed are unavoidably matched by

Tag TCL files (this last example shows the usage of a \fItagregexp\fP):
.br
\fI\-\-lang\=none \-\-regex\='/proc[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t]+\\)/\\1/'\fP

.TP
.B \-R, \-\-no\-regex
Don't do any more regexp matching on the following files.  May be
freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-\-regex\fP option.
.TP

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[\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-c++\|] [\|\-\-no\-defines\|]
[\|\-\-no\-globals\|] [\|\-\-include=\fIfile\fP\|]
[\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|]
[\|\-\-members\|] [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|]
[\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] [\|\-\-no\-regex\|]
[\|\-\-ignore\-case\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|]
[\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|]
\fIfile\fP .\|.\|.

.B ctags [\|\-aCdgImRVh\|] [\|\-BtTuvwx\|] [\|\-l \fIlanguage\fP\|]
.if n .br

[\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-backward\-search\|] [\|\-\-c++\|]
[\|\-\-cxref\|] [\|\-\-defines\|] [\|\-\-forward\-search\|]
[\|\-\-globals\|] [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|]
[\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] [\|\-\-members\|]
[\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|]
[\|\-\-ignore\-case\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|]
[\|\-\-typedefs\|] [\|\-\-typedefs\-and\-c++\|]
[\|\-\-update\|] [\|\-\-no\-warn\|]
[\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|]
\fIfile\fP .\|.\|.
.ad b

\fB\-o\fP \fItagfile\fP, \fB\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP
Explicit name of file for tag table; overrides default `\|TAGS\|' or
`\|tags\|'.   (But ignored with \fB\-v\fP or \fB\-x\fP.)
.TP
\fB\-r\fP \fIregexp\fP, \fB\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP
\fB\-\-ignore\-case\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\
Make tags based on regexp matching for each line of the files following
this option, in addition to the tags made with the standard parsing based
on language.  When using \-\-regex, case is significant, while it is not
with \-\-ignore\-case\-regex. May be freely intermixed with filenames and
the \fB\-R\fP option.  The regexps are cumulative, i.e. each option will
add to the previous ones.  The regexps are of the form:
.br
	\fB/\fP\fItagregexp\fP[\fB/\fP\fInameregexp\fP]\fB/\fP
.br

where \fItagregexp\fP is used to match the lines that must be tagged.
It should not match useless characters.  If the match is
such that more characters than needed are unavoidably matched by

Tag TCL files (this last example shows the usage of a \fItagregexp\fP):
.br
\fI\-\-lang\=none \-\-regex\='/proc[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t]+\\)/\\1/'\fP

.br
A regexp can be preceded by {lang}, thus restriciting it to match lines of
files of the specified language.  Use \fBetags --help\bP to obtain a list
of the recognised languages.  This feature is particularly useful inside
\fBregex files\fB.  A regex file contains one regex per line.  Empty lines,
and those lines beginning with space or tab are ignored.  Lines beginning
with @ are references to regex files whose name follows the @ sign.  Other
lines are considered regular expressions like those following \-\-regex.
.br
For example, the command
.br
etags \-\-regex=@regex.file *.c
.br
reads the regexes contained in the file regex.file.
.TP
.B \-R, \-\-no\-regex
Don't do any more regexp matching on the following files.  May be
freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-\-regex\fP option.
.TP