More vim ctag improvements

aliases

@@ -970,9 +970,12 @@ alias gwip="git add . && git commit -m \"WIP\""
 ####################################################################################################
 # Elixir
 ####################################################################################################
-alias ei='rlwrap iex -S mix phx.server'
+alias iex='rlwrap iex'
-alias et='mix test'
+alias iexw='rlwrap iex --werl'
+alias ep='iex -S mix phx.server'
+alias ei='iex -S mix'
 alias er='mix phx.server'
+alias et='mix test'
 
 ####################################################################################################
 # Haxe

vimrc

@@ -118,20 +118,33 @@ let g:campo_custom_search_args = ""
 """"""""""""""
 " CTAGS
 """"""""""""""
-" If one of these file types are saved then the ctags creation function will be called.
-let g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags = "*.{cs,js,py,h,hpp,c,cpp,inc,asm,ex,exs}"
 
-" Default files and directories that ctags should ignore.
+" If != 0 then ctag generation will always happen on a file save, otherwise
-let g:default_ctags_exclude_args = "--exclude=.git --exclude=*.md --exclude=*.txt --exclude=*.config --exclude=*.css --exclude=*.html --exclude=*.htm --exclude=*.json --exclude=node_modules --exclude=.cache"
+" it'll only be triggered if the file being saved has an extension in the
+" g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags list.
+let g:campo_force_ctags_regardless_of_extension = 0
+
+" If one of these file types are saved then the ctags creation function will be called.
+" You can append to this list in another config like so:
+"   let g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags = g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags + ['foo', 'bar']
+let g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags = ['c','cpp','h','hpp','inc','cs','js','py','asm','ex','exs']
+
+" Default files and directories that ctags should ignore when doing a
+" recursive crawl.
+" @note The RunCtags function will always ignore .git and node_modules
+" regardless of this variable's value.
+let g:campo_ctags_exclude = ['*.txt', '*.config', '.cache']
 
 " This is included in the ctags autocmd args. You can use this to customize
-" how ctags are built. For example, you can exclude a directory that's not in
+" how ctags are built.
-" g:default_ctags_exclude_args like so (remove the backslash from the first
+" Examples:
-" quote as that's just here to escape it in this comment string)
+"  * Recursive ctag generation with `let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = '-R'`
-" let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = \"--exclude=3rd_party"
+"  * Create tags for specific langauges: `let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = '--languages=C,C++,Elixir'
+"    * You can see a list of languages with `ctags --list-languages`
+"    * For C# you have to escape the ampersand like so: `--languages=C\\#`
+"  * Exclude a directory with `let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = '--exclude=3rd_party'`
 let g:campo_custom_ctags_args = ""
 
-
 "################################################################
 "################################################################
 "################################################################
@@ -518,22 +531,52 @@ augroup campoCmds
     autocmd BufWritePost ~/.vimrc.private source $MYVIMRC
 
     function! s:RunCtags()
-        " The ampersand at the end is to make this run in the background. I had to
+        " Only allow one instance of ctags to run in this directory at any given time.
-        " group the commands in parens to make the chained commands run in the
-        " background.
         let l:lock_file = "ctags.lock"
-        if !filereadable(l:lock_file) && !filereadable("newtags")
+        if filereadable(l:lock_file) || filereadable("newtags")
-            " Will include local variables for C-like languages.
+            call PrintError("ctags already running (found ".l:lock_file." or newtags file)")
-            let l:ctags_cmd = "!(touch ".l:lock_file."; ctags --c-types=+l --c++-types=+l ".g:default_ctags_exclude_args." ". g:campo_custom_ctags_args." --recurse=yes -o newtags; mv newtags tags; rm ".l:lock_file.") &"
+            return
-            silent! exec l:ctags_cmd | redraw!
-        else
-            call PrintError("ctags already running (found ".l:lock_file.")")
         endif
+
+        let l:extension = tolower(expand('%:e'))
+        if (g:campo_force_ctags_regardless_of_extension == 0) && (index(g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags, l:extension) < 0)
+            echo "Skipping ctags generation"
+            return
+        endif
+
+        " Abort if we're editing a text file. This won't be an exhaustive
+        " filter. We can restrict what goes into the tag file
+        " First determine if we're in a root drive directory. If we are then
+        " we bail because we don't want to recurse across the entire drive!
+        let l:path = expand('%:p:h')
+        let l:path_without_slashes = substitute(l:path, "/", "", "g")
+        if (strchars(l:path) - strchars(l:path_without_slashes)) <= 1
+            call PrintError("Not going to run ctags because the file is in a root drive directory")
+            return
+        endif
+
+        " Always ignore .git and node_modules
+        let g:campo_ctags_exclude = g:campo_ctags_exclude + ['.git', 'node_modules']
+        let l:exclude_list = ""
+        for name in g:campo_ctags_exclude
+            let l:exclude_list = l:exclude_list . "--exclude=" . name . " "
+        endfor
+
+        " Include local variables for C-like languages.
+        let l:ctags_cmd = 'ctags '.l:exclude_list.' '.g:campo_custom_ctags_args.' --c-types=+l --c++-types=+l -o newtags'
+
+        " If there's an error running ctags then this echo will cause the
+        " error msg to be displayed on a new line.
+        echo ''
+
+        " The ampersand at the end is to make this run in the background. I had to group the
+        " commands in parens to make the chained commands run in the background.
+        let l:cmd = '!(touch '.l:lock_file.'; '.l:ctags_cmd.'; mv newtags tags &>/dev/null; rm '.l:lock_file.') &'
+        silent! exec l:cmd
     endfun
 
-    " Generate ctags on save. In order to use the variable we have to put the
+    " Generate ctags on save.
-    " autocmd in an exec statement.
+    autocmd BufWritePost * call s:RunCtags()
-    exec "autocmd BufWritePost ".g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags." call s:RunCtags()"
 
     " Remove trailing whitespace when saving any file.
     function! s:StripTrailingWhitespaces()

windows/readme.md

@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ processor time and is generally useless.
 
 ### Setting up ctags
 
-* Install the latest Universal ctags build: https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags-win32/releases
+* Download the latest Universal ctags build: https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags-win32/releases
-* Place it in `~/bin`.
+* Place ctags.exe and readtags.exe in `~/bin` or in `~/.dev/tools`.
 
 ## Setting up Visual Studio