Open the tags file itself and see if it kinda ok. Maybe there is a malformed line. Tags files are text files with every line showing a search pattern and file location. Just verify if the tagfile if ok.
On Sun, May 3, 2020, 4:19 AM Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Trying to lean how to use tags. > > So downloaded a project and > > cd projet/ > ctags -R . > vim file.php > :set tags=absolute path to tags file > position cursor on a function > Ctrl-] > > which triggers the error > > E431 format error in tags file tags > before byte 62 > > A search on the Internet shows a lot of pages but none that helped me. > > I'm using Debian 10.3 > ctags --version > Exuberant Ctags 5.9~svn20110310, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert > Addresses: <[email protected]>, > http://ctags.sourceforge.net > Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex > > vim --version > VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compilé Apr 22 2020 13:35:06) > Rustines incluses : 1-616 > > Thanks for any help. > > Have a nice Sunday > Steve > > -- > -- > 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20200503081931.GA27692%40paros.maison.mrs > . > -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CADbyKk6uTyf6MO7_Lh0puZ6AX%3D9xVBHeF9ELnRDLfyAQ8mjzwA%40mail.gmail.com.
