Tag List on the side Windows in Vim.

Requires exuberant ctags

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># sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags

Unzip the taglist_45.zip and copy the following files to $HOME/.vim/ directory where it is appropriated. 

plugin/taglist.vim - main taglist plugin file
doc/taglist.txt    - documentation (help) file

Restart your vim editor and type the following command to open the side window. 

:TlistToggle

To customize the side windows, please take a look at the following.

" TagList options let Tlist_Close_On_Select = 1 "close taglist window once we selected something let Tlist_Exit_OnlyWindow = 1 "if taglist window is the only window left, exit vim let Tlist_Show_Menu = 1 "show Tags menu in gvim let Tlist_Show_One_File = 1 "show tags of only one file let Tlist_GainFocus_On_ToggleOpen = 1 "automatically switch to taglist window let Tlist_Highlight_Tag_On_BufEnter = 1 "highlight current tag in taglist window let Tlist_Process_File_Always = 1 "even without taglist window, create tags file, required for displaying tag in statusline let Tlist_Use_Right_Window = 1 "display taglist window on the right let Tlist_Display_Prototype = 1 "display full prototype instead of just function name "let Tlist_Ctags_Cmd = /path/to/exuberant/ctags nnoremap <F5> :TlistToggle nnoremap <F6> :TlistShowPrototype set statusline=[%n]\ %<%f\ %([%1*%M%*%R%Y]%)\ \ \ [%{Tlist_Get_Tagname_By_Line()}]\ %=%-19(\LINE\ [%l/%L]\ COL\ [%02c%03V]%)\ %P

References

1. http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/installation.html

2. http://aufather.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/taglist-in-vim/

3. vimrc example, http://amix.dk/vim/vimrc.html

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