| tags and references [message #90927] |
Mon, 05 January 2004 15:55 |
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Originally posted by: spamreceptor.yahoo.com
Earlier I wrote about support ctags and cscope. I believe answered that
some indexer feature that provides the same functionality was
in-the-works. Is this true? Is it anywhere near being done? I find
myself in severe need of a cscope feature and I would prefer not to buy a
$300 editor nor do I want to train myself to use VI.
If anyone can update me on the status of such a feature, I would
appreciate it. If it is close, it might be worth waiting a while and
saving $300.
Here's the background from my earlier post:
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A friend that writes Java pointed me to eclipse as a good editor. I write
C. I am fairly allergic to VI. Thus CDT looks like a great alternative.
However, VI guys have ctags and cscope. For those that don't know, ctags
generates a table of all the definitions of all symbols in the project.
Want to know where the source for a function name is or what a macro is
defined as? Point VI at your "tags" file and poof you are there. Cscope
is even more powerful in that it builds a table of every refernce of every
symbol. Want to know all the locations where a function is called? VI
will show you a list with a little context and you simply navigate there.
This is real important for working with 3rd party or legacy software.
Note this is far far faster than searching all files in the project for a
symbol each time since the table is already generated and only the
references file is opened and searched.
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