I thought I would give ctags in Textmate a try. I installed the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin and got stuff in the CodeBrowser window only for C. ctags is supposed to work for lots of languages so I tried Pascal and Python but the CodeBrowser window remained empty.
To attempt further failure, I downloaded the ctags source and an Ada language extension for ctags. I did the minor editing required of the ctags source to incorporate the Ada thing and built it. It was installed in /usr/local/bin so I moved it to /usr/bin (after re-naming the ctags that was originally there) because /usr/bin appears before /usr/local/bin on my PATH.
Same results--C only.
I can run ctags on an Ada file and a tags file is generated in the same directory that looks like it has lots of relevant stuff in it, so why doesn't the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin pick it up?
Ideas?
Jerry
On 2011-10-13 06:52, Jerry wrote:
I thought I would give ctags in Textmate a try. I installed the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin and got stuff in the CodeBrowser window only for C. ctags is supposed to work for lots of languages so I tried Pascal and Python but the CodeBrowser window remained empty.
I also use TmCodeBrowser, and Python support works fine here, as do other languages. Do you have a bad config file by any chance? TmCodeBrowser saves its config in your home directory, in ~/.ctags.tmcodebrowser, and falls back to built-in defaults if that file isn't found. You might experience problems if the config file exists but is empty; I don't know what the behavior would be in that case.
I can run ctags on an Ada file and a tags file is generated in the same directory that looks like it has lots of relevant stuff in it, so why doesn't the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin pick it up?
The TM plugin uses its own copy of ctags, located within the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin bundle. You'll probably need to replace that one if you need to run a modified version. You may need to add a line to the config file to recognize Ada file names. (And, if you're using a modified executable, the config file might be the normal ~/.ctags instead of the ~/.ctags.tmcodebrowser version. I'm not sure if he's changed the default config file in the ctags source, of if he's just passing the config file name on the ctags command line.)
Check the TmCodeBrowser manual if you haven't already. (Config dialog, "Manual..." button.) It doesn't directly address your problems but it should provide clues.
On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Steve King wrote:
On 2011-10-13 06:52, Jerry wrote:
I thought I would give ctags in Textmate a try. I installed the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin and got stuff in the CodeBrowser window only for C. ctags is supposed to work for lots of languages so I tried Pascal and Python but the CodeBrowser window remained empty.
I also use TmCodeBrowser, and Python support works fine here, as do other languages. Do you have a bad config file by any chance? TmCodeBrowser saves its config in your home directory, in ~/.ctags.tmcodebrowser,
I have no such file. Don't know why.
and falls back to built-in defaults if that file isn't found. You might experience problems if the config file exists but is empty; I don't know what the behavior would be in that case.
I can run ctags on an Ada file and a tags file is generated in the same directory that looks like it has lots of relevant stuff in it, so why doesn't the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin pick it up?
The TM plugin uses its own copy of ctags, located within the TmCodeBrowser.tmplugin bundle. You'll probably need to replace that one if you need to run a modified version.
OK. Done.
You may need to add a line to the config file to recognize Ada file names. (And, if you're using a modified executable, the config file might be the normal ~/.ctags instead of the ~/.ctags.tmcodebrowser version. I'm not sure if he's changed the default config file in the ctags source, of if he's just passing the config file name on the ctags command line.)
I added a line to .ctags.tmcodebrowser inside the bundle to describe Ada files.
Check the TmCodeBrowser manual if you haven't already. (Config dialog, "Manual..." button.) It doesn't directly address your problems but it should provide clues.
I had skimmed the manual but obviously that wasn't enough.
With the above-noted changes, I am now getting TMCodeBrowser operating on Ada sources. Thanks! However, still no Python etc. so I'm not sure what is going on (where is that ~/.ctags.tmcodebrowser?). Still, I'm 97.5% percent happy.
Thanks again, Jerry
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