how to be able to use C-] with taglist on Vim

Question

I have gVim 7.3 with taglist and ctags 5.8 on windows. Taglist is working nicely (without the need to generate the tags file myself), I can see the tags of the current buffer in the tags window and go to any of them etc.

But I understand that I should be able to use C-] in the editor to go to a declaration under the cursor too, this is not working, it keeps saying

E433: No tags file
E426: tag not found: myMethod     **strong text**

What should I do to be able to use C-]

Answer 1

TagList is a third party plugin completely separated from Vim's <C-]> and related commands. Because it doesn't generate a tags file or even uses a tags file it operates in its own bubble.

<C-]> is a native Vim command that uses a tags file that you need to generate with a command like :!ctags -R . and that you must make sure it is known by Vim.

Answer 2

Your error message means you need to tell VIM where your tags file is. Try

set tags="your file name"

you may specify more than one file name, using comma as separator

By the way, another alternative to C-] is g-]. Instead of jumping right away, it shows a list of the different matches.