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Anupam
Anupam

Reputation: 3

ctags not working for vim from command line

I have built tags for my project folder using

ctags -R *

After the tags file is generated for all files in my project folder I am able to use tags via Ctrl + ] and Ctrl + T after opening a file. However, when I try to open a file using tags it somehow does not work !!

vim -t <filename>

The above commands opens the vim editor saying 'tag not found' when the file actually exists there and is reachable via tags if I open another file referencing it and use Ctrl + ].

What could I be missing here ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1497

Answers (1)

Meninx - メネンックス
Meninx - メネンックス

Reputation: 6421

The -t option requires a tag and not a file.

vim -t Tag

This will first search for you the file where the definition of Tag is located based on the tags file already created by ctags command then open it.

Upvotes: 1

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