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# Tagbar: a class outline viewer for Vim
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[](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/actions?workflow=Vint)
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[](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/actions?workflow=Check)
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## What Tagbar is
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Tagbar is a Vim plugin that provides an easy way to browse the tags of the
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current file and get an overview of its structure. It does this by creating a
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sidebar that displays the ctags-generated tags of the current file, ordered by
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their scope. This means that for example methods in C++ are displayed under
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the class they are defined in.
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## What Tagbar is not
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Tagbar is not a general-purpose tool for managing `tags` files. It only
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creates the tags it needs on-the-fly in-memory without creating any files.
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`tags` file management is provided by other plugins, like for example
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[easytags](https://github.com/xolox/vim-easytags).
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## Dependencies
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* [Vim](http://www.vim.org/) >= 7.3.1058
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or any version of [NeoVim](https://neovim.io/).
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* A ctags implementation: We _highly recommend_ any version of [Universal
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Ctags](https://ctags.io). It is a maintained fork of Exuberant Ctags with
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many bugfixes, support for many more formats, and proper Unicode support.
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[Exuberant Ctags](http://ctags.sourceforge.net/) 5.5 or higher works to some
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degree but will be deprecated eventually.
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Some additional formats can also be handled by other providers such as
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[jsctags](https://github.com/sergioramos/jsctags) or
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[phpctags](https://github.com/vim-php/phpctags).
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## Installation
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Extract the archive or clone the repository into a directory in your
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`'runtimepath'`, or use a plugin manager of your choice like
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[pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen). Don't forget to run
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`:helptags` if your plugin manager doesn't do it for you so you can access the
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documentation with `:help tagbar`.
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If the ctags executable is not installed in one of the directories in your
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`$PATH` environment variable you have to set the `g:tagbar_ctags_bin`
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variable, see the documentation for more info.
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## Quickstart
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Put something like the following into your ~/.vimrc:
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```vim
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nmap <F8> :TagbarToggle<CR>
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```
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If you do this the F8 key will toggle the Tagbar window. You can of course use
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any shortcut you want. For more flexible ways to open and close the window
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(and the rest of the functionality) see the [documentation](https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar/blob/master/doc/tagbar.txt) using `:help tagbar`.
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## Support for additional filetypes
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For filetypes that are not supported by Exuberant Ctags check out [the
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wiki](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/wiki) to see whether other projects
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offer support for them and how to use them. Please add any other
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projects/configurations that you find or create yourself so that others can
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benefit from them, too.
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## Note: If the file structure display is wrong
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If you notice that there are some errors in the way your file's structure is
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displayed in Tagbar, please make sure that the bug is actually in Tagbar
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before you report an issue. Since Tagbar uses
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[exuberant-ctags](http://ctags.sourceforge.net/) and compatible programs to do
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the actual file parsing, it is likely that the bug is actually in the program
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responsible for that filetype instead.
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There is an example in `:h tagbar-issues` about how to run ctags manually so
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you can determine where the bug actually is. If the bug is actually in ctags,
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please report it on their website instead, as there is nothing I can do about
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it in Tagbar. Thank you!
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You can also have a look at [ctags bugs that have previously been filed
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against Tagbar](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/issues?labels=ctags-bug&page=1&state=closed).
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## Screenshots
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## License
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Tagbar is distributed under the terms of the *Vim license*, see the included [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.
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## Contributors
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2020-01-16 18:18:53 +08:00
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Tagbar was originally written by [Jan Larres](https://github.com/majutsushi).
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It is actively maintained by [Caleb Maclennan](https://github.com/alerque) and [David Hegland](https://github.com/raven42).
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At least [75 others have contributed](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/graphs/contributors) features and bug fixes over the years.
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Please document [issues](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/issues) or submit [pull requests](https://github.com/preservim/tagbar/issues) on Github.
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