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Ctags

ctags is a shell command that generates an index (tag) file of programmatic identifiers parsed from source code files of various programming languages to aid with code comprehension. The tags are often used by a source-code editor to lookup the definition of an identifier while the user develops the source code. Alternatively, the command supports an…

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Editor support

AtomBBEdit 8+CodeLiteLanguage serverCloud9 IDE
32 related topics

Variants

TabExBuiltASCIIMagic number
10 related topics

Overview

ShellCommandIndexIdentifiersSource code
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Developer
Ken Arnold
License
BSD
Operating system
Unix and Unix-like
Platform
Cross-platform
Repository
github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.bin/ctags
Type
Programming tool (Specifically: Code navigation tool)

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Ctags

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples82
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

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Ctags

Top relations

related to Editor support · 27
Ctags → AtomBBEdit, ClassBrowser, Cloud9 IDE, CodeBrowser, CodeBrowser-PlugIn, CodeLite, Ctags Source Navigator, CtagsSideKick, CygnusEdEmacs, Elvis, GeanyGedit, JEDjEdit, JOEKDevelopKatemcedit, Jump, Midnight Commander, NEditNotepad, Nvi, OpenCTags, QDevelopTSE, Tag
related to etags · 11
Ctags → ASCII, Emacs, For Emacs, GNU Emacs, Options, Sections, Similarlyctagsdoes, Some, TAGS, The, These
related to External links · 7
Ctags → Emacs, Shell, The Open GroupUniversal Ctags, The Single UNIX Specification, Utilities Reference, Version, VMSsource
related to Exuberant Ctags · 5
Ctags → Darren Hiebert, Emacs, Exuberant Ctags, It, Vim
related to Extended Ctags · 4
Ctags → The, These, Universal Ctags, Vim's Exuberant Ctags
related to Hasktags · 4
Ctags → Creates, Emacs, Haskell, It
related to jsctags · 4
Ctags → CommonJS, Exuberant Ctags, It, JavaScript
related to Original · 4
Ctags → Exuberant, In, The, Universal Ctags
related to Example · 2
Ctags → Given, The
related to Universal Ctags · 2
Ctags → Exuberant Ctags, Universal Ctags

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Important terminology

file tag code emacs vi tags format source exuberant support unix command files used original universal editor line programming languages

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CtagsDeveloperKen Arnold1.00infobox
CtagsLicenseBSD1.00infobox
CtagsOperating systemUnix and Unix-like1.00infobox
CtagsPlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
CtagsRepositorygithub.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.bin/ctags1.00infobox
CtagsTypeProgramming tool (Specifically: Code navigation tool)1.00infobox
Ctagsis afork of Exuberant Ctags0.90text
Elvisinstance ofand derivatives0.80text
Nviinstance ofand derivatives0.80text
Viminstance ofand derivatives0.80text
vileinstance ofand derivatives0.80text
etcinstance ofand derivatives0.80text

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