Re: Feature request: file list

Good to know. I wasn't aware of the coexistence of skip with gtags.files.

Thanks
Marcus

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sure. You can get 'skip list' from the hook.
>
> [gen.sh]
> gtags --conf=skip
>
> The skip list is always active even if you are using 'gtags.files'.
>
> Regards,
> Shigio
>
>
> 2016-10-11 17:11 GMT+09:00 Marcus Harnisch <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hi Shigio
>>
>> That would be a very powerful facility indeed and certainly enable me to
>> achieve what I intend. Perhaps you could consider passing the skip list
>> (perhaps any config variables that make sense) from gtags.conf to the hook
>> by means of environment variables, so users could reference a standard
>> generator and maintain their skip lists inside a local config file.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Marcus
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:41 AM, Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I will add new config variable 'gtags_hook' for gtags(1).
>>>
>>> gtags_hook (command line)
>>> Specify a command line which should be executed before the gtags's
>>> job.  "./" in it always means the project root directory, since
>>> gtags is always invoked there.
>>>
>>> This hook might realize your requirement.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> [gtags.conf]
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> :gtags_hook=./gen.sh < spec.in > gtags.files:
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> [gen.sh]
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> while read line
>>> do
>>> case $line in
>>> */) line=`echo $line | sed 's!/$!!'` # remove '/'
>>>                 find $line -type f -print
>>> ;;
>>> *) eval "echo $line"
>>> ;;
>>> esac
>>> done
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> [spec.in]
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> src/lib/test.c
>>> src/$VAR/test.h
>>> src/system/
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> The contents of the 'gtags.files' will be something like this.
>>>
>>> src/lib/test.c
>>> src/bbbbb/test.h
>>> src/system/a.c
>>> src/system/b.h
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Shigio
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-10-10 23:23 GMT+09:00 Marcus Harnisch <[email protected]>
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Hi Shigio
>>>>
>>>> Working on a large, fragmented project, I would like to see two
>>>> features:
>>>> 1. The file list requires each record to be a file name. Would it be
>>>> possible making names ending in ‘/’ start a new search hierarchy
>>>> (respecting skip rules) etc? That way the list itself wouldn't have to
>>>> change when updating.
>>>> 2. Could the file list expand environment variables of the form $VAR
>>>> and ${VAR}?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Marcus
>>>>
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>>
>
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