dmdtags 1.0.0: an accurate tag generator for D source code

[Виталий Фадеев]

On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 21:38:58 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> `dmdtags` is a tags file generator for D source code that uses 
> the DMD compiler frontend for accurate parsing.
>
> This release supports 100%-accurate parsing of arbitrary D code 
> (tested on DMD and Phobos sources), as well as the most 
> commonly-used command line options, `-R`, `-o`, and `-a`. The 
> generated tags file has been tested for compatibility with Vim 
> and is compliant with the [POSIX standard for `ctags`][posix], 
> so any editor with `ctags` support should be able to use it.
>
> [posix]: 
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ctags.html
>
> ### What?
>
> A _tags file_ is a lightweight plain-text index of the symbols 
> in a project. Editors that support tags files, such as Vim and 
> Emacs, can use this index to help with things like project 
> navigation and tab completion.
>
> A _tags file generator_ is, as you might expect, a program that 
> reads source code and generates a tags file with entries for 
> the symbols in that code.
>
> ### Why?
>
> [`universal-ctags`][uctags], the current most-popular and 
> best-maintained tags file generator, claims support for many 
> programming languages, including D. However, its D parser is 
> not well-maintained, and it often excludes large numbers of 
> symbols from its output due to parsing failures.
>
> Because `dmdtags` uses the DMD frontend for parsing, its 
> results will always be accurate and up-to-date. For pure D 
> projects, it can be used as a replacement for 
> `universal-ctags`. For mixed-language projects, it can be used 
> together with other tag generators with the `--append` option.
>
> [uctags]: https://ctags.io
>
> ### Where?
>
> * On Github: https://github.com/pbackus/dmdtags
> * On Dub: https://code.dlang.org/packages/dmdtags


```
# dmdtags -R ./source/ -o -
!_TAG_FILE_SORTED	1	/0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
App	./source/ui/app.d	13;"	T
App	./source/ui/app.d	15;"	a
App	./source/ui/app.d	19;"	T
App	./source/ui/app.d	21;"	s
__ctor	./source/ui/app.d	27;"	f
__ctor	./source/ui/app.d	30;"	f
_result	./source/ui/app.d	23;"	v
app	./source/ui/app.d	1;"	M
defaultEventLoop	./source/ui/app.d	48;"	f
defaultInitFunc	./source/ui/app.d	62;"	T
defaultInitFunc	./source/ui/app.d	62;"	f
window	./source/ui/app.d	26;"	v
```

Perfecto!

i can use it in Sublime Text editor...
Need to thinks, how it will be implemented...