Generate ctags for gVim to replace visual-studio intellisense

Question

I am trying to generate ctags to use within gVim that would allow me to get the same kind of experience I get while using visual studio.

My problem is that when I generate ctags inside my project, there are a lot of functions that will not be found by vim.

For example I am working on a DirectX project and when I try to go to the definition of a DirectX function such as "D3D12CreateDevice" I expect vim to jump to the function declaration inside "d3d12.h". However since "d3d12.h" is located in a completely different folder, a tag is not generated for it and vim throws an error saying it can't find it.

Is there a way to get this to work?

Answer 1

If you have your project in one folder, you may use :

ctags -R -f /path/to/output/tagfile /path/to/project

And in Vim use the tags by :

:set tags=/path/to/output/tagfile

There are solutions using plugins that can help solve complex situations. See the references below.

• Vim: convenient code navigation for your projects
  Describes using the plugins of Indexer and Project.

• Navigate code like a pro with Ctags
  Describes using Exuberant Ctags, an improved version of ctags.