To use go to definition and other advanced IDE feature, we need to generate tag files for vim to figure out where to find the functions or variables.
To generate a tag file
ctags -R
By default, the generate tag file will be located at ./tags directory, we need to let vim know where to find it by:
:set tags+=tags
To search for a symbol in vim, use
:tag [symbol-name]
:tag /[search-name]
To go to the definition, we need Ctrl-], to go back, press Ctrl-t
:tn next tag
:tp prev tag
:ts all tags
Ref:
[1] http://usevim.com/2013/01/18/tags/
vim tags matchlist is not very user friendly. I should write my own that shows the list in quick fix window
http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Putting-all-ctags-matches-into-quickfix-td1182150.html
http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Open-tags-in-quickfix-window-td1188577.html