Vim set tag file

So if you are deep down in some subdir, vim will try to open the file using the relative filepath from the top, starting at that subdir. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. No tags file in GVim on some file but not on others Ask Question.

Asked 8 years, 4 months ago. Active 7 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 2k times. So what am I missing? Blaszard Blaszard Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. So which is the better way? By pressing F4 I get tags file in project folder. Dmitry Teplyakov. Dmitry Teplyakov Dmitry Teplyakov 2, 5 5 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes.

Vim starts from home because it's probably the working directory. What does :pwd says? Thank you very much! Is the semicolon behavior documented anywhere?

It's not mentioned in :help 'tags'. Found it: help file-searching — Big McLargeHuge. Alex Plugaru Alex Plugaru 2, 17 17 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. Thanks, I think it is what I need. Can you answer on more question please? Watching the demo in full screen is recommended for laptops. The tag commands also accept a regular expression argument.

When using a pattern, case is ignored. When the argument both exists literally, and match when used as a regexp, a literal match has a higher priority. Active 8 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 8k times. Any of your help will be appreciated! Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Type :help tags-option for more details.

Placing , does not work on my vim. That was a super bad typo.