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Can I list all the references of a symbol in vim using Ctags? like the 'Find References' In some GUI IDE.
The Ctag tutorial just tell how to locate the definition of a symbol ,not all the usages.
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You can position the cursor over the tag and press g Ctrl-]. You can visually select a text and press g Ctrl-] to jump or list the matching tags. You can use the 'stjump' ex command. This will open the matching or selected tag from the tag list in a new window.
cscope, ctags, and Vim are powerful tools for reading a lot of code. ctags can be used to take you to the definition of a variable (e.g., a function, variable, or macro). cscope can be used to take you to the call site of a definition (e.g., all function calls, all variable uses, all macro uses).
The ctags tool only collects and stores the definitions of symbols.
To find all references, you can use the cscope integration into Vim (:help cscope), but note that cscope supports far fewer programming languages than ctags.
Alternatively, a poor man's substitute would be the built-in :grep / :vimgrep commands (with proper patterns). Remember, Vim is a powerful text editor, but no IDE. Either you find and integrate a suitable external tool for this, or switch to a real IDE (like Eclipse, Visual Studio, or IntelliJ IDEA) for such code browsing.
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