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Exuberant Ctags during active development

Quick ctags question. Google did not reveal the answer. Ctags is awesome to browse a complete source file. But what about a file that is currently being worked on. Is there a way to dynamically update the ctags file each time a new function/variable is added?

Solution

  • You can write an autocmd that is triggered after x seconds of inactivity or after each <Esc>:

    autocmd CursorHold *.js :!ctags -R .

    But it is a bit messy.

    See :help autocmd for more information and a list of possible events.

    Also see the EasyTags plugin (that I use), or AutoTag, or Indexer which are a lot cleaner and smarter.