Generate tags for a list of files and extensions.

Specify which directories to generate tags for, and what kinds of files to generate them for in each. Good for tag jumping in an editor.

• An ANSI Common Lisp
• A ctags-like program.
• Desire

• Not multithreaded!
• Works with any tag program (doesn't do any tagging itself)!
• No special configuration language, just two sexps!
• Does not use Roswell!
• Works on my machine!

1. put this folder somewhere
2. put the config folder somewhere
3. put the tag-gen.sh and tag-gen-root.sh somewhere
4. put the cron job in
5. put your configuration in

Edit the config/ files with the paths you want tagged.

Add a command to cron like:

*/29 * * * * su username -c 'tag-gen.sh      /path/to/tag-gen/local.conf /usr/bin/etags'
*/29 * * * * su root     -c 'tag-gen-root.sh /path/to/tag-gen/root.conf  /usr/bin/etags'

for routine tagging.

tags.conf needs to contain this kind of format:

"/path/to/ctags/program"

(("<directory>" ("<ext>"...))
  ...)

The tags program reads the file extensions to infer what language to do tags for. Specify the directories you want to use tag browsing programs on.

See examples in config-examples. Configuration is mandatory for the program to work. The format is just read with the lisp reader and is very simple.