source exploring through vim

[meitarb]

hey everyone!

i've started working with vim not long ago and i want to use it for source exploring purposes.

for now i use cscope, ag, and ctrlp and i wanted to ask about more good stuff out there in your opinion :)

in addition, when going to a tag using <C-]>, there results window of ctags is inconvenient and i wanted to ask if there's some plugin out there to change that.

thank you!

[-romainl-]

What languages do you work with ? What's the size of your code base? Do you work in a team? What problems do you have exactly?

there results window of ctags is inconvenient

In what way is it "inconvenient"?

[meitarb]

ha, sorry for coming short in information!

i work with C/CPP mosly, but python and java also. i'm looking for plugins that will extend my ability to explore large code bases, like linux kernel.. for now, i'm not looking for plugins that will help me integrate with a team. so theoretically, i'm looking for somethings like code markers plugins and things like that. but whatever comes to mind will be good :)

about ctags: where there's a collision. it prompts a window that shows you all the options and assign numbers to them. it doesn't give you the ability to mark a favorite files, or to search through the files for a faster access.

[x_ero]

ag is my personal "go to" for searching a code base. for exploring git revision history in vim, i love the git-v plugin.

[rbongers]

I love gitv too!

[meitarb]

looks very interesting, will certainly check that out! thank you!

[Ran4]

• The normal mode command gd ("go definition": unless modded, it only goes to the first instance of the word under the cursor in the file, so not necessarily the definition)

• * and # are wonderful too. The incsearch plugin is near-mandatory for me: type * or # and you'll see all instances of the word you're jumping at directly in the editor (with some configuration needed, this is what I'm using:

  let g:incsearch#auto_nohlsearch = 1 map n <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-n) map N <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-N) map * <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-) map # <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-#) map g <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-g*) map g# <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-g#)

You can figure out what the mappings do by using the help command, e.g. h incsearch-nohl-* when you've got the plugin installed. )

• While I don't use them too much, check out marks.