Re: Universal Ctags: Don't read config files; New 'ctagsoptfile' configuration variable

Hello,
> Please find attached a new patch that solves the problem of empty tag files
> (and no references/definitions returned by 'global') when using Universal Ctags
> with particular configuration files. The problem is triggered by some Universal
> Ctags options that alter the output format, making 'gtags' fail to parse its output.
>
> The solution is to use '--options=NONE' at start of options passed to Universal
> Ctags (and '--quiet' before to avoid a warning about skipping configuration files).

Is it a bug fix?  If so, could you please let me know how to reproduce the bug?

> But it is sometimes useful to specify options to Universal Ctags that alter
> the list of returned tags (but not the format, e.g., '--kinds-C='). To this end,
> I also added the 'ctagsoptfile' configuration option.

How to use 'ctagsoptfile' configuration variable?  Could you please show me
a concrete usage example?

> Not tested (even compiled) on Windows, although I modified the code for this variant
> as well with care.

No problem. It is OK if tested on UNIX.

Regards,
Shigio

On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 8:07 PM Olivier Certner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Please find attached a new patch that solves the problem of empty tag files (and no references/definitions returned by 'global') when using Universal Ctags with particular configuration files. The problem is triggered by some Universal Ctags options that alter the output format, making 'gtags' fail to parse its output.
>
> The solution is to use '--options=NONE' at start of options passed to Universal Ctags (and '--quiet' before to avoid a warning about skipping configuration files).
>
> But it is sometimes useful to specify options to Universal Ctags that alter the list of returned tags (but not the format, e.g., '--kinds-C='). To this end, I also added the 'ctagsoptfile' configuration option.
>
> Not tested (even compiled) on Windows, although I modified the code for this variant as well with care.
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Olivier Certner



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