Version: 3.0.0a5 (using KDE 3.1.3) Installed from: Gentoo Compiler: gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r1, propolice) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 when i choose ctags from the tools menu, a dialog opens asking me if i want to generate a ctags database, i choose yes and nothing happens. no output to console by gideon. CTAGS version is 5.5 from http://ctags.sourceforge.net gideon is from CVS a few days old. gentoo linux 1.4
Is ctags installed via portage? If so, you'll find that gentoo installs the binary as "exuberant-ctags" in order to not conflict with a different "ctags" binary (part of emacs, IIRC). An obvious workaround, if you don't already have /usr/bin/ctags is to create a symlink to /usr/bin/exuberant-ctags. (This is what I did.) In either case, this is at least bad behaviour on the part of Gideon. The ctags binary name apparently needs to be configurable, and it shouldn't fail without feedback. (Already in a todo somewhere..)
Subject: Re: ctags not working in customproject Great, now it works. Thanks! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Rsos9+37qIEeCRARAk+NAKCJMI+sBD4bZJyUOFVEEY1smYgP0gCfbUve GyVSMZXgbcXcF7fn6Qhc+Gk= =GwuF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
I'm changing this to "wishlist", as in "Wish for a better handling of CTAGS". :)
This seams to be related to: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40053
Gideon now notifies the user about a failure to create the tags file and informs about the necessary binary name - 'ctags'. Good enough for now. Closing.