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117 lines
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#+TITLE: Helm Gtags contribution layer for Spacemacs
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* Table of Contents :TOC@4:
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- [[#description][Description]]
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- [[#features][Features]]
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- [[#install][Install]]
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- [[#gnu-global][GNU Global]]
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- [[#usage][Usage]]
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- [[#eldoc-integration][Eldoc integration]]
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- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
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* Description
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=helm-gtags= and =ggtags= are clients for GNU Global. GNU Global is a source
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code tagging system that allows querying symbol locations in source code, such
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as definitions or references.
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* Features
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- Select any tag in a project retrieves by gtags
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- Resume previous helm-gtags session
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- Jump to a location based on context
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- Find definitions
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- Find references
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- Present tags in current function only
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- Create a tag database
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- Jump to definitions in file
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- Show stack of visited locations
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- Manually update tag database
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- Jump to next location in context stack
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- Jump to previous location in context stack
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- Jump to a file in tag database
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* Install
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** GNU Global
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You can install =helm-gtags= from the software repository of your OS. For example, in Ubuntu:
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
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sudo apt-get install global
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#+END_SRC
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To use =helm-gtags=, you first have to install [[https://www.gnu.org/software/global/download.html][GNU Global]].
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Download the latest tar.gz archive, then run these commands:
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
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tar xvf global-6.4.tar.gz
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cd global-6.4
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./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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#+END_SRC
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To use this contribution add it to your =~/.spacemacs=
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(gtags))
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#+END_SRC
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* Usage
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Before using the helm-gtags, remember to create a GTAGS database by the following methods:
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- From within Emacs, runs the command =helm-gtags-create-tags=, which is bound
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to ~SPC m g c~. If the language is not directly supported by GNU Global, you
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can choose =ctags= or =pygment= as a backend to generate tag database.
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- From inside terminal, runs gtags at your project root in terminal:
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
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cd /path/to/project/root
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gtags
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#+END_SRC
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If the language is not directly supported by =gtags= but =ctags=, use this command instead:
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#+BEGIN_SRC sh
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gtags --gtagslabel=ctags
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#+END_SRC
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** Eldoc integration
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This layer also integrates =ggtags= for its Eldoc feature. That means, when
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writing code, you can look at the minibuffer (at the bottom) and see variable
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and function definition of the symbol the cursor is on. However, this feature is
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only activated for programming modes that are not one of these languages:
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- C mode
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- C++ mode
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- Common Lisp
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- Emacs Lisp
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- Python
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- Ruby-mode
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Since these modes have better Eldoc integration already.
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* Key bindings
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| Key Binding | Description |
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|-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------|
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| ~SPC m g c~ | create a tag database |
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| ~SPC m g f~ | jump to a file in tag database |
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| ~SPC m g g~ | jump to a location based on context |
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| ~SPC m g G~ | jump to a location based on context (open another window) |
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| ~SPC m g d~ | find definitions |
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| ~SPC m g i~ | present tags in current function only |
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| ~SPC m g l~ | jump to definitions in file |
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| ~SPC m g n~ | jump to next location in context stack |
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| ~SPC m g p~ | jump to previous location in context stack |
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| ~SPC m g r~ | find references |
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| ~SPC m g R~ | resume previous helm-gtags session |
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| ~SPC m g s~ | select any tag in a project retrieved by gtags |
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| ~SPC m g S~ | show stack of visited locations |
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| ~SPC m g u~ | manually update tag database |
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