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Cscope is a code searching application originally written for searching C code bases. Cscope is useful for searching many other code bases as well: C++, Java, Python, etc.

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cscope or ctags why choose one over the other?

I primarily use vim / gvim as an editor and am looking at using a combination of lxr (the Linux Cross Reference) and either cscope or ctags for exploring the kernel source. However, I haven't ever used either cscope or ctags and would like to hear…
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Tags for Emacs: Relationship between etags, ebrowse, cscope, GNU Global and exuberant ctags

I work on C++ projects, and I went through Alex Ott's guide to CEDET and other threads about tags in StackOverflow, but I am still confused about how Emacs interfaces with these different tag systems to facilitate autocompletion, the looking up of…
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VIM: More precise C/C++ code parsing solutions?

Pre: I've been working in VIM for like a year already. Lots of great things: combinations, scripts. Whenever I'm editing something in a different editor, I feel sluggish/uncomfortable without VIM's navigation. The problem: The thing that really…
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Pin Emacs buffers to windows (for cscope)

For my day job, I live in Emacs. Utterly. I also have become pretty dependent on CScope to help me find things in the code. Normally, I have 2 windows in a split (C-x 3): alt text http://bitthicket.com/files/emacs-2split.JPG And I use the right…
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update cscope db from vim

I use cscope with vim. When doing large edits for several files, cscope will report old line numbers for changed files. How can I rebuild cscope db from vim without losing opened tabs/windowses in vim connection with cscope engine Thanks
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how can I display all function name from cscope database?

I am trying to find a way to dump ALL the functions name and it's path from cscope database. Is there a way to do that from cscope CLI? Note: the cscope source code is available for download.
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Using cscope to browse Python code with VIM?

Has anyone managed successfully using cscope with Python code? I have VIM 7.2 and the latest version of cscope installed, however it doesn't get my code's tags correctly (always off by a couple of lines). I tried the pycscope script but its output…
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emacs intellisense

I know this has been discussed a lot of times but is there any nice how-to for c/c++ intellisense in emacs? I have never been able to set up cedet properly. Right now I am working on a maintenance project with a huuge code base and it is very…
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Alternatives to Ctags/Cscope with Objective-c?

Are there any alternatives to ctags and cscope with Objective-c support. This does pertain to cocoa development, so inevitably it seems I will be using Xcode (and probably should). I was just wondering what are my Vim options. Maybe there is some…
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vim cannot connect to cscope database

I have opensuse 11.4 installed. Vim is version 7. Now I normally use it to browse the linux kernel source. So I generated the cscope database inside a directory within my home folder i.e. /home/aijazbaig1/cscope_DB/ and I got 3 files viz.…
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How to use cscope?

I am using cscope to get familiar with all the keywords used in socket programming. I went to the directory with c files. I used cscope. and then I searched for AF_INET. I got this: #define AF_FILE PF_FILE #define AF_INET …
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More accurate alternative/workaround to ctags/Cscope for PHP?

I know that it is possible to use Ctrl+] to jump to a definition in Vim and this can work in conjunction whith either ctags or Cscope. I am looking for a more accurate alternative to both ctags and Cscope when working PHP. Sometimes there are…
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Generate Call-Tree from cscope database

I want to generate Full and Partially Call Trees from cscope database of c and c++ projects in Linux. The project is rather large, so it can be not easy to work with the full call tree of project, so I want to limit call tree generation with…
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How to find struct member uses with cscope and ignore local variables?

I'm using cscope for a large project with vim, but without the vim mappings (they froze vim for some weird reason). I'm using cscope commands from within vim, and I want to be able to find uses of structure members throughout the code. Suppose I…
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How to fix duplicate cscope ? is it a better way?

It is several years I am programming with vim and I used ctags. I am working with a reasonably large C/C++ package and I need to find definition of functions. I usually use grep + ctags. Recently I tried to use cscope instead of ctags and installed…
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