Jonathan Newton wrote:
> On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 12:48:01 PM UTC-4, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > I never want to use 'ignorecase' when searching for a tag. If the
> > cursor is over the symbol "cat" and I type Ctrl-], I want to find
> > the definition of "cat", not of "Cat" or "CAT". Similarly, I don't
> > want tag-name expansion to ignore case.
> >
> > However, I do like to use 'smartcase' (which requires setting
> > 'ignorecase') for searching with "/" or "?".
> >
> > I've patched the copy of Vim I use at work to ignore the setting of
> > 'ignorecase' for tag searches and to always search case-sensitively.
> > I would like not to have to keep doing this but I realize that
> > changing the default behavior of tag searches is a non-starter.
> >
> > Consequently, I propose a new option, 'tagignorecase':
> >
> > *'tagignorecase'* *'tic'*
> > 'tagignorecase' 'tic' string (default "")
> > global
> > {not in Vi}
> > This option specifies how case is handled when searching
> > the tags file:
> > <empty> Follow the 'ignorecase' option
> > ignorecase Ignore case
> > noignorecase Do not ignore case
> >
> > A patch is attached. The patch applies to too much--it includes
> > some runtime files that are managed by their owners--but I think it
> > covers everything that would need to be changed to include this
> > option.
> >
> > I've been thinking more about the name. I chose 'tagignorecase'
> > because it is similar to almost all the other options that control
> > case sensitivity. However, those are all boolean options. I think
> > a better name might be 'tagcase'. It captures the meaning without
> > the implication that it is a boolean.
> >
> > Since this is still at the early proposal stage, I just left the
> > original name in the proposal and in the patch.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gary
>
> Bram -
>
> Do you expect to accept this patch sometime soon?
Not sure. We already have so many options...
But it does make sense to limit the places where 'ignorecase' applies.
It should probably be buffer-local, how tags are used depends on the
type of file.
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