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75+ ## Configuring ` ctags `
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77+ One of the challenges with rustc is that the RLS can't handle it, since it's a
78+ bootstrapping compiler. This makes code navigation difficult. One solution is to
79+ use ` ctags ` .
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81+ ` ctags ` has a long history and several variants. Exuberant Ctags seems to be
82+ quite commonly distributed but it does not have out-of-box Rust support. Some
83+ distributions seem to use [ Universal Ctags] [ utags ] , which is a maintained fork
84+ and does have built-in Rust support.
85+
86+ The following script can be used to set up Exuberant Ctags:
87+ [ https://github.com/nikomatsakis/rust-etags ] [ etags ] .
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89+ ` ctags ` integrates into emacs and vim quite easily. The following can then be
90+ used to build and generate tags:
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92+ ``` console
93+ $ rust-ctags src/lib* && ./x.py build < something>
94+ ```
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96+ This allows you to do "jump-to-def" with whatever functions were around when
97+ you last built, which is ridiculously useful.
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99+ [ etags ] : https://github.com/nikomatsakis/rust-etags
100+ [ utags ] : https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags
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74102## Check, check, and check again
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76104When doing simple refactorings, it can be useful to run ` ./x.py check `
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