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How to use exuberant CTAGS with ActionScript and Flex

How to fix CTAGS to work with ActionScript, from the vim-taglist project:
  • ActionScript Add the following lines to the $HOME/.ctags or $HOME/ctags.conf file: 
    --langdef=actionscript
--langmap=actionscript:.as
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*[(private| public|static) ( \t)]*function[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\1/f, function, functions/
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*[(public) ( \t)]*function[ \t]+(set|get) [ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\1 \2/p,property, properties/
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*[(private| public|static) ( \t)]*var[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*/\1/v,variable, variables/
--regex-actionscript=/.*\.prototype \.([A-Za-z0-9 ]+)=([ \t]?)function( [ \t]?)*\(/\1/ f,function, functions/
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*class[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*/\1/c,class, classes/
    Add the following lines to the ~/.vimrc or $HOME\_vimrc file: 
    " actionscript language
let tlist_actionscript_settings = 'actionscript;c:class;f:method;p:property;v:variable'
I actually just add these lines to my maintenance Makefile: 
CTAGLANGS = --langdef=actionscript \
--langmap=actionscript:.as \
--regex-actionscript='/^[ \t]*[(private| public|static) ( \t)]*function[\t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\1/f, function, functions/' \
--regex-actionscript='/^[ \t]*[(public) ( \t)]*function[ \t]+(set|get) [ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\1 \2/p,property, properties/' \
--regex-actionscript='/^[ \t]*[(private| public|static) ( \t)]*var[  \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[\t]*/\1/v,variable, variables/' \
--regex-actionscript='/.*\.prototype \.([A-Za-z0-9 ]+)=([ \t]?)function( [  \t]?)*\(/\1/f,function, functions/' \
--regex-actionscript='/^[ \t]*class[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*/\1/c,class, classes/'

.PHONY: ctags
ctags:
-rm -f TAGS
find . -name "*.as" -or -name "*.mxml" | ctags -eL - $(CTAGLANGS)
Take off the -e (ctags -L - $(CTAGLANGS)) if you're one of those vi users (I'm being polite because, after all, it's from them comes this tip)

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Posted by flip on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7/24/2007 12:14:00 AM |

Ah, great - this is just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Posted by Blogger David Wolever | January 4, 2010 at 2:42 PM  

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Posted by Blogger Unknown | September 16, 2010 at 3:49 AM  

Silly question, can you explain the concept of a 'maintenance Makefile'?

Is this something Vim will call when files are saved?

Posted by Blogger Unknown | September 16, 2010 at 3:50 AM  

Should the 2nd line read:

^[ \t]*[(public) ( \t)]*function[ \t]+(set|get)[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(

It's missing properties because of an extra space after the "get)" bit

Posted by Anonymous Derek | February 2, 2011 at 9:08 AM  

The function line wasn't working either when I have multiple modifiers like:
public static function foo()

I think this fixes it:

--regex-actionscript=/^([ \t]*(private|public|protected|internal|static))*[ \t]+function[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\3/f, function, functions/

Posted by Anonymous winston | February 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM  

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