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Asked: 2026-05-12T12:19:26+00:00

I am programming in C++ or Java. So I want to use Vim editor,

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I am programming in C++ or Java. So I want to use Vim editor, because it is very flexible. I have heard that I can configure the Vim editor to be able to go

  1. from object to the definition
  2. from function to the definition
  3. from class name to the definition

Do we have any professional Vim-er that could tell me exactly how to configure Vim for that? Thanks in advance.

P.S. In case readers will consider this question is not connected with programming, I would say that this is improving speed of programming. So it is a help to the programmer. So please don’t close this question.

EDIT: Also I would like to know how vim works with code completion and can vim hint the list of methods that are available for the certain object? If yes, then I would like to know how to configure these options too?

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  1. Editorial Team

    What you’re looking for is ctags and tags/TAGS files. Ctags (I recommend Exuberant Ctags) is a program which scans source files for identifiers and creates a file indexing them. You can then use ^] to jump to the definition for the tag under the cursor.

    There may be some additional details needed to tell vim how to find the tags file; I’m not sure off-hand what they are. But that’s the general idea – run ctags over your source code and then use ^].

    Alternatively, you may wish to look at GNU Global. It’s a bit more sophisticated. But ctags will accomplish what you’ve described.

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