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6012 :: Recommended this cmd generate tags

• angluca (orginal) [2020-02-29T12:44:27+01:00] view original

  I use vim, so often use ctags to generate tags, Easy to use editor code hints.

  Recommend use this regex cmd

  
  ctags -R
  --langdef=nim  --langmap=nim:.nim
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*\s+(\w+)\*+\s*\{.*\}/\1/t,type/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/t,type/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*proc\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/f,func/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*method\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/f,func/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*auto\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/f,func/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*template\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/m,macro/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*macro\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/m,macro/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*\s+`(\w+)[=]?`\*/\1/o,operator/"
  --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*iterator\s+(\w+)\*+.*=/\1/i,iterator/"
  Run

  use tags can easy to write nim code, Hope u like it, You can try AcVim if u use vim :)

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• polm23 (orginal) [2025-05-10T07:03:20+02:00] view original

  Thank you for posting this - it seems to be most of the way there but didn't quite work for me. This works for me:

  
  ctags -R \
    --langdef=nim --langmap=nim:.nim \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*\s+(\w+)\*\s*\{.*\}/\1/t,type/" \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*\s+(\w+)\*.*=/\1/t,type/" \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*proc\s+(\w+)/\1/f,func/" \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*method\s+(\w+)/\1/f,func/" \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*auto\s+(\w+)/\1/f,func/" \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*template\s+(\w+)/\1/m,macro/" \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*macro\s+(\w+)/\1/m,macro/" \
    --regex-nim='/^[^\#]*\s+`(\w+)[=]?`/\1/o,operator/' \
    --regex-nim="/^[^\#]*iterator\s+(\w+)/\1/i,iterator/"
  Run

  Besides bash quoting issues, the main thing is you only seem to generate tags for public values. I am also not sure I understand why the [^\#]* is necessary - can anything besides whitespace come before a declaration?

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