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diff --git a/doc/easytags.txt b/doc/easytags.txt index 372c541..a5ca306 100644 --- a/doc/easytags.txt +++ b/doc/easytags.txt @@ -1,5 +1,49 @@ *easytags.txt* Automated tag generation and syntax highlighting in Vim +=============================================================================== + *easytags-contents* +Contents ~ + + 1. Introduction |easytags-introduction| + 2. Installation |easytags-installation| + 1. A note about Windows |easytags-a-note-about-windows| + 3. Commands |easytags-commands| + 1. The |:UpdateTags| command + 2. The |:HighlightTags| command + 4. Options |easytags-options| + 1. The |g:easytags_cmd| option + 2. The |g:easytags_languages| option + 3. The |g:easytags_file| option + 4. The |g:easytags_dynamic_files| option + 5. The |g:easytags_by_filetype| option + 6. The |g:easytags_always_enabled| option + 7. The |g:easytags_on_cursorhold| option + 8. The |g:easytags_updatetime_min| option + 9. The |g:easytags_auto_update| option + 10. The |g:easytags_auto_highlight| option + 11. The |g:easytags_autorecurse| option + 12. The |g:easytags_include_members| option + 13. The |g:easytags_resolve_links| option + 14. The |g:easytags_suppress_ctags_warning| option + 15. The |g:easytags_ignored_syntax_groups| option + 5. Faster syntax highlighting using Python |easytags-faster-syntax-highlighting-using-python| + 1. The |g:easytags_python_enabled| option + 2. The |g:easytags_python_script| option + 6. How to customize the highlighting colors? + 7. Passing custom command line arguments to Exuberant Ctags + 8. Troubleshooting |easytags-troubleshooting| + 1. |:HighlightTags| only works for the tags file created by |:UpdateTags| + 2. The plug-in complains that Exuberant Ctags isn't installed + 3. Vim locks up while the plug-in is running + 4. Failed to highlight tags because pattern is too big! + 5. The plug-in doesn't seem to work in Cygwin + 9. Contact |easytags-contact| + 10. License |easytags-license| + +=============================================================================== + *easytags-introduction* +Introduction ~ + Vim has long been my favorite text editor and combined with Exuberant Ctags [1] it has the potential to provide most of what I expect from an integrated development environment [2]. Exuberant Ctags is the latest incarnation of a @@ -125,6 +169,34 @@ where you've installed Exuberant Ctags, e.g.: > :let g:easytags_cmd = '/usr/local/bin/ctags' +If you rely entirely on language-specific configuration and don't have a +general ctags program, set this to the empty string. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +The *g:easytags_languages* option + +Exuberant Ctags supports many languages and can be extended via regular +expression patterns, but for some languages separate tools with +ctags-compatible output exist (e.g. jsctags [9] for Javascript). To use these, +the executable and its arguments must be configured: +> + let g:easytags_languages = { + \ 'language': { + \ 'cmd': g:easytags_cmd, + \ 'args': [], + \ 'fileoutput_opt': '-f', + \ 'stdout_opt': '-f-', + \ 'recurse_flag': '-R' + \ } + \} + +Each key is a special language definition. The key is in the notation of ctags +in lowercase; you still need to use 'xolox#easytags#map_filetypes()' to map +this to Vim's filetypes, if necessary. + +Above snippets shows the defaults; you only need to specify options that +differ. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The *g:easytags_file* option @@ -220,20 +292,15 @@ The *g:easytags_updatetime_min* option Vim has a setting which influences how often the plug-in is automatically executed. When this setting is too low, the plug-in can break. For this reason -the plug-in warns you when |'updatetime'| is lower than 4000 milliseconds. If -you really want the plug-in to be executed more than once every 4 seconds -(without a warning) you can lower the minimum acceptable updatetime by setting -this option (number of milliseconds). - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -The *g:easytags_updatetime_autodisable* option +the plug-in compensates by keeping track of when it was last executed. You'll +get one warning when the plug-in first notices the low value, after that it +will shut up. The default value of this option is 4000 milliseconds (4 +seconds). -Other plug-ins may lower the |'updatetime'| value in certain contexts, e.g. -insert mode in the case of the neocomplcache [9] plug-in. By setting this -option to 1 (true) you can configure the easytags plug-in so that it doesn't -give warnings about the updatetime option but instead skip updating and -highlighting while the updatetime is set too low. When the updatetime is -restored to a reasonable value the plug-in resumes. +If you really want the plug-in to be executed more than once every 4 seconds +you can lower the minimum acceptable updatetime by setting this option (as the +number of milliseconds) however note that subsecond granularity is not +supported. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The *g:easytags_auto_update* option @@ -513,7 +580,7 @@ If you like this plug-in please vote for it on Vim Online [16]. *easytags-license* License ~ -This software is licensed under the MIT license [17]. Copyright 2011 Peter +This software is licensed under the MIT license [17]. Copyright 2013 Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>. =============================================================================== @@ -528,7 +595,7 @@ References ~ [6] http://peterodding.com/code/vim/downloads/easytags.zip [7] http://peterodding.com/code/vim/shell/ [8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-link_library -[9] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2620 +[9] https://npmjs.org/package/jsctags [10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link [11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link [12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonicalization |