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Generating ctags for libc in mac

I'm trying to use the tags of the libc library on a mac (Mountain Lion) through vim. I've generated tags from *.c files in /usr/include (ctags -R /usr/include/*.h). I've set tags to include the generated tags file (set tags+=tags). But, if I try to go to a tag on a function like fseek() it will say "no tags found". How can I solve this?

edit:

I've tried doing ctags /usr/lib/libc.dylib, and now it results in an error saying the file is not sorted. :(

Solution

  • Use this line to generate a usable tags file:

    ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q /usr/include

    Once it's done, :tag fseek should work, as well as <C-]> on an fseek call.

    Be sure to read :h tags and :h ctags carefully.