My tags file is called "tags", because I copied the output of ctags.
I have no idea why "set ai" would cause this feature to start working, but it does. Bill Dudley On 8/2/10, Charles Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > wfdudley wrote: >> I didn't even know emacs HAD tags support. >> >> I just copied the format of a file output by ctags for my ptags output. >> >> What's the difference in formats? >> > > I admit that I haven't bothered to determine what emac's TAGS format is; > I note that it has some control characters in it (see man etags). One > obvious difference is that ctags produces <tags> files and etags > produces <TAGS> files. You can determine if your vim has emacs-tags > support by: > > :version (and looking for +emacs_tags in the output) > > or by typing > > :echo has("emacs_tags") > > So, are your tags files <tags> or <TAGS>? Still, I have +emacs_tags > support with the vim I've compiled, but regular tags work for both > <tags> and <TAGS>, so I'm not sure that this is the kernel of your problem. > > Regards, > Chip Campbell > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
