Daniel Nogradi wrote: >>>>Of course, modern versions of Exuberant Ctags also support Python, too. >>> >>>I apt-installed this package but the man page is rather intimidating so >>>I thought I might as well make sure I was going in the right direction. >> >>You will probably want to read the vim documentation on how to use ctags >>from >>vim. That will tell you all you need to know without extraneous cruft. >> >> >>>Just need to verify that the stable version (sarge) is modern enough.. >> >>It ought to be. It has supported Python for years and years. > > > For browsing source code I found the folding feature of vim very > useful. It collapses the body of function and class definitions into > one line so you can have a general overview of definitions in the > code. It is available from version 6 up and I recently wrote a vim > plugin specifically for folding python source code. You can find it > here: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1494
I'm currently re-evaluating my vim habits .. see what new stuff I can integrate so as to be more productive.. so it's probably a good time to look into the folding feature... > > There is also an excellent vim plugin by Yegappan Lakshmanan for > working with 'tags' files using ctags. It displays all your function > and class definitions (from multiple files if you wish) in a narrow > vertical window where you can easily jump to the file containing a > chosen definition. This script is here: > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273 this sounds very useful. Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction. > > HTH, > Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
