On 2015-10-30, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> 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.
Probably global-local, as 'tags' is. I'll try to figure out how to
do that. Probably needs a test, too.
Regards,
Gary
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