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VIM & Source-code Navigating

VIM & Source-code Navigating

set iskeyword+=- to allow hyphens in function/variables names (as used by ctrl+]). Handy for working with Makefiles and shell-scripts

Exuberant ctags

Install ctags
ctags -R
vim
Press ctrl+] to jump to the definition of the item under the cursor

Install ctags
Install TagList plugin for VIM
vim
:TlistToggle to open the taglist side-bar
Browse / edit files as usual and watch the side-bar populate

Cscope

Install cscope
Optionally, create a cscope.files text-file containing the files you want to index
cscope -b -q to generate DB (from cscope.files if present)
vim
:cscope show to check DB loaded successfully
:cscope find global <cWORD>
- Mapped to “ctrl+<space>, g” by default