Re: Interpretation of extension fields in tags file

On 28/11/12 16:20, Johannes Deutsch wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> related to the generation of a tags file via ctags one finds almost
> always the following options switched on (googling for "vim ctags
> field"):
>
> ctags --fields=+iaS \
> --extra=+q [other_options] [files/dirs]
>
> With respect to the three additional fields, added to the tags file by
> the switch '--fields=+iaS', vim's help (:h tag-old-static) tells me
>
> There is one field that doesn't have a ':'. This is the kind
> of the tag. It is handled like it was preceded with "kind:".
> See the documentation of ctags for the kinds it produces.
>
> The only other field currently recognized by Vim is "file:"
> (with an empty value). It is used for a static tag.
>
> I can't find anything about the fields that contains the signature of
> routine (S), access of class members (a) and inheritance
> information (i).
>
> In the light of vim's help I wonder why i find so many
> sites that evokes --fields=+iaS?
>
> Is vim able to use the extension fields out of the box? Or maybe there
> is another explanation why extension fields are so popular!?
>
> Thanks a lot for your time and best regards
>
> Johannes
>

The taglist() function returns a List of Dictionaries (one Dictionary
per matching tag) which (IIUC) gives you access to this info.

see :help taglist()


Best regards,
Tony.
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