SlickEdit Corev3.3 for Eclipse, User Manual

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Building and Managing Tag Files
Context Tagging
®
creates tag files to store information about symbols and, optionally, cross-reference in-
formation from your source code. Many of the most powerful SlickEdit
®
Core features use this information
to speed your coding.
Building Tag Files
Tag files are automatically created and maintained for files in the workspace (see Creating Tag Files for
Run-Time Libraries ). You may need to create extension-specific tag files for compiler includes or other lib-
raries that you have (see Tagging Run-Time Libraries ).
After a tag file is created, it is updated in the background when you make modifications. If you modify
some source files using a different application, you will need to rebuild the tag file. Tag file names have
the extension
.vtg
. By separating tag files for different languages, the Context Tagging features can
identify symbol information for the file that you are currently editing.
Creating Tag Files for Run-Time Libraries
The Create Tag Files for Run-Time Libraries dialog appears when SlickEdit
®
Core is run for the first time.
It allows you to build tag files for commonly used languages and their libraries, including C, C++, Java,
and .NET. You can access this dialog at any time in order to create tag files, from the
Context Tagging -
Tag Files Dialog (click Tools
→
Tag Files , then click Auto Tag ).
Figure 5.6. Automatic Tagging Dialog
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