created by

Basil Shkara

script type

utility

description

DrillCtg allows drill-down search by character across the pathnames in your current loaded ctags file.  Upon first launching DrillCtg, if a ctags file is currently set, it will parse it and create a Vim list (an array).  This is a sorted array which contains all unique pathnames, able to searched quickly using Vim's match() function. It uses Vim's complete-functions to provide a dynamically populated list of values which are updated on every keypress.  You can then select which pathname to open. If a ctags file is not currently set upon launching DrillCtg, it will prompt you for the location of one. If you set a different ctags file, upon the next call to DrillCtg, it will replace the contents of the old array with the new pathnames. Currently this plugin only supports 1 loaded ctags file at a time.  If you have more than 1 ctags file loaded, it is likely that this plugin will not work. I created this plugin because I wanted something similar to Eclipse's Navigate > Go To > Resource dialog box.  I find this implementation a lot faster than Eclipse when dealing with several thousand unique pathnames. DrillCtg requires Vim 7.

install details

1. Drop the plugin file (drillctg.vim) into your plugins directory. 2. Restart Vim to load DrillCtg. 3. To open the search box you can use the ":Drill" command. 4. To close the search box hit <Esc> and then :q or the :Drill command.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
drillctg.vim	1.1.3	2008-02-16	7.0	Basil Shkara	Now checks if existing tag file is readable before prompting for new tags file.
drillctg.vim	1.1.2	2007-09-23	7.0	Basil Shkara	Added autocommand to clean up after unloading buffer. Now uses new tab rather than new buffer to clean up ctags file resulting in cleaner exit.
drillctg.vim	1.1.1	2007-09-11	7.0	Basil Shkara	Fixed bug that occurs when quitting. Added support for Takeshi Nishida's autocomplpop.vim. Plugin now cleans up after itself as it should.
drillctg.vim	1.1	2007-09-10	7.0	Basil Shkara	New implementation using Vim's complete-functions.  The interface is now a dynamically populated list which is updated on every key press.
drillctg.vim	1.0.1	2007-09-08	7.0	Basil Shkara	Added version checking and small bug fixes

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