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A tags table is a description of how a multi-file program is broken up into files. It lists the names of the component files and the names and positions of the functions (or other named subunits) in each file. Grouping the related files makes it possible to search or replace through all the files with one command. Recording the function names and positions makes possible the M-. command which finds the definition of a function by looking up which of the files it is in.
Tags tables are stored in files called tags table files. The conventional name for a tags table file is TAGS.
Each entry in the tags table records the name of one tag, the name of the file that the tag is defined in (implicitly), and the position in that file of the tag’s definition.
Just what names from the described files are recorded in the tags table depends on the programming language of the described file. They normally include all functions and subroutines, and may also include global variables, data types, and anything else convenient. Each name recorded is called a tag.
The Ebrowse is a separate facility tailored for C++, with tags and a class browser. See Ebrowse User’s Manual.
• Tag Syntax: | Tag syntax for various types of code and text files. | |
• Create Tags Table: | Creating a tags table with etags .
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• Etags Regexps: | Create arbitrary tags using regular expressions. | |
• Select Tags Table: | How to visit a tags table. | |
• Find Tag: | Commands to find the definition of a specific tag. | |
• Tags Search: | Using a tags table for searching and replacing. | |
• List Tags: | Listing and finding tags defined in a file. |
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