Wow, you really wrote a batch file to run ctags.exe for creating the tag file. The usage of a batch file is really not needed.
There are two possibilities to use
Exuberant Ctags.
For active file only.
This is rarely used as it does not make much sense to create a symbol database for just a single file.
However, opening
Project - Ctag Options, specifying a default tag file and using the options
-L %fi -f %fo with additional Ctags options if needed makes it possible to use
Project - Create CTAG File. Then
Search - Find Symbol can be used in this file.
For all files of a project.
The usage of Ctags for projects is what increases efficiency in writing code.
Before Ctags can be used for a project, it is of course necessary to create a project using
Project - New Project/Workspace. For large projects the method with adding folders using filters is the best method to add files to a project. This results in a dynamic list of project files always including all files in the specified folders (and subfolders) according to the used filters. For small projects where list of project files change only rarely the method of adding the files manually perhaps to groups (instead of folders) is often better. See
Create project from an existing directory tree? for details about those two different project files management. It is of course possible to use both methods in same project. For example including header files of a used library using group method additionally to the dynamic list of self-coded project sources and headers using folder method.
In UltraEdit in the project settings dialog opened with
Project - Project Settings it is possible to specify the name and location of the Ctags tag file and if this tag file should be created/updated automatically on project load which makes most sense if often project files are modified/added/deleted outside UltraEdit/UEStudio while the project is not loaded.
In UEStudio there are 2 symbol parsers available, the parser of UEStudio itself and of course also Ctags. The IntelliTips features (function tips, can be used only with using parser of UES.
In UEStudio in
Project Settings dialog there is on tab
Settings the option
Legacy Ctags Support which must be enabled to use Ctags instead of parser of UEStudio for this project. Then the name and location of the tag file and the option for creating the tag file on project load are available like in UltraEdit.
Like for a single file the options defined under
Project - Ctag Options define the parameters passed to Ctags.exe on execution for creating the tag file for all files of the project. UE/UES creates the list file with full names of all project files. The full name of the dynamically created list file is passed with
-L %fi to Ctags.exe. Do not put double quotes around
%fi and
%fo as this is done by UE/UES automatically on replacing those 2 placeholders.
Other parameters for Ctags can be specified in the
Tag File Options dialog as well. UE/UES passes itself adds as first parameter only
--fields=+n. All other parameters for Ctags must be specified in the options dialog.
BTW: ctags.exe installed with UE/UES is not the latest version of Exuberant Ctags. But the installed version in subdirectory GNU of UE/UES can be either replaced by latest version for Windows, or latest version is installed (copied) to a different folder and this version of Ctags is specified in the options dialog.
PS: What I miss is the possibility to specify a Ctags options file with
"--options=%rp%rn_ctags.cfg" to use individual options depending on type of project. A C/C++ project needs different options than a web project.
%rp and
%rn can be used in project tools, but are not evaluated on calling Ctags. I think, I will send an enhancement request to IDM for supporting all placeholders as available for user and project tools also on running Ctags. But perhaps I'm the only UE/UES user using Ctags for different types of projects.
