developer is officially maintaining the package.
The rationale for changing this from "tech-pkg" to "pkgsrc-users" is
that it implies that any user can try to maintain the package (by
submitting patches to the mailing list). Since the folks most likely
to care about the package are the folks that want to use it or are
already using it, this would leverage the energy of users who aren't
developers.
Changes since 5.5.0:
* Added support for Perl labels.
* Added support for Perl "use constant" [Perl, Patch #853704, Feature Request
#710017].
* Added support for package qualification of tags, removing useless "package"
tag kind [Perl, Feature Request #448887].
* Added support for "and" keyword [SML, Bug #816636].
* Added support for variables [PHP].
* Added tags for local variables for C-based languages [C/C++/C#/Java/Vera,
Feature Request #449503].
* Added support for tags for labels [PL/SQL].
* Added support for tags for constant definitions [PHP].
And many bug fixes.
Package change: $PKG_SYSCONFDIR/ctags.conf added as glogal,
configuration file, parsed before /etc/ctags.conf,
/usr/local/etc/ctags.conf and $HOME/.ctags
Changes since version 5.4:
ctags-5.5 (Tue Apr 1 2003)
* Changed kind indicator for methods from 'f' to 'm' [Tcl].
* Changed tags within interfaces to be disabled by default (like prototypes in
C/C++) [Fortran].
* Removed explicit descriptions of individual --<LANG>-types options from
--help output. See new --list-languages and --list-kinds options.
* Removed explicit list of supported languages and supported tag kinds and
mapping patterns from man page. See new --list-languages, --list-kinds, and
--list-maps options.
* Renamed --<LANG>-types option to --<LANG>-kinds (still accepts old name).
* Added --list-kinds option.
* Added --list-maps option.
* Added --list-languages option.
* Added support for dimensioned variables, contributed by Simon Bohlin [ASP].
* Added support for C# language.
* Added support for Erlang language, contributed by Brent Fulgham.
* Added support for HTML language files.
* Added support for JavaScript language files.
* Added support for SML (Standard ML) language, contributed by Venkatesh Prasad.
* Added mapping for .plx to Perl.
* Added tags for autocommand groups [Vim, Patch #664685].
* Added support for numerous language extensions [Fortran].
* Added '$', 'D', and 'd' in column 1 as comment characters [Fortran].
* Added special handling of --options=NONE to disable automatic reading of
options from configuration files or environment.
* Added check for case-insensitive filenames to configure.
* Fixed problem with lower case <SID> tag [Vim, Bug #657327].
* Fixed problem recognizing indented code [Vim, Patch #664685].
* Fixed problem with infinite loop in certain comments [PL/SQL, Bug #629115].
* Fixed problem of incorrect extension field [C, Bug #639639].
* Fixed problem of empty scoping extension field [C, Bug #639644].
* Fixed missing tags for functions split across lines [PHP, Bug #681824].
* Fixed missing tags for nested subprograms using 'contains' [Fortran, Bug #670433].
* Fixed missing tags when variable has same name as keyword [Fortran].
* Fixed spurious tag when an array-spec occurs within an entity-decl [Fortran].
* Fixed mishandling of multiline raw strings [Python, Bug #699171].
* Fixed missing scope extension field on namespaces [C++, C#, Bug #665086].
* Fixed several bugs causing missed tags [Fortran].
* Fixed problem with --langmap option preventing clearing of map [Bug #688442].
* Fixed recognition of Unicode-8 characters [Java].
* Fixed man page errors and omissions.
* Fixed bug in readFieldValue() in readtags library.
* Fixed bug in option parsing in readtags command-line program.
* Fixed portability problems with DJGPP [Bug #692569].
* Fixed portability problems with Cygwin.
Changes since last packaged version:
ctags-5.4 (Thu Oct 17 2002)
* Improved ability for tagsOpen() in readtags library to report failure to
open tag file, adding new fields to tagFileInfo structure.
* Improved Cobol support to include data, files, groups, and sections [Cobol].
* Added '$' a valid character for C identifier [VMS].
* Added support for recording routine argument declarations for C-like
languages. See the --fields option and man page section TAG FILE FORMAT for
more information [C, C++, Java].
* Added class and method support to TCL parser [TCL].
* Added support for PL/SQL language.
* Added support for Vera language, inspired by Dave Eggum [Vera].
* Fixed problem terminating Perl POD block [Perl, Bug #612621].
* Fixed problem re whitespace preceding subprogram name [Pascal, Bug #612019].
* Fixed problem with leading spaces before instruction [TCL, Bug #615928].
* Fixed problem with double precision functions [Fortran, Bug #620288].
* Fixed inverted test causing TMPDIR to be used for temporary files when
ctags is setuid instead of when not setuid [Bug #623713].
ctags-5.3.1 (Thu Sep 12 2002)
* Renamed tagsSetSorted() to tagsSetSortType() and "sorted" member of
tagFileInfo structure of readtags library to "sort".
* Added new function, tagsFirst() to readtags library.
* Fixed incorrect tag kinds [Verilog].
* Fixed null tags for unnamed BLOCK DATA statements [Fortran].
* Fixed missing tags for function preceded by "<SID>" [Vim].
* Fixed missing tags for equate statements not in column 1 [Asm, Bug #538629].
* Fixed Ruby parser (why didn't the compiler report my screw-up?) [Ruby].
ctags-5.3 (Wed Jul 17 2002)
* Allowed --etags-include option without input files.
* Changed Asm parser to back to C-based parser to remove redundant tags,
and extending its support for more variants [Asm].
* Changed to using _tempnam() to create temporary files on Windows, allowing
"TMP" environment variable to set temporary directory.
* Changed the -x output to match that of traditional ctags when the --format=1
option is supplied. The new format was also changed slightly to conform more
closely to the original format, with the addition of the extra tag type field.
* Added support for Verilog language, submitted by Nam SungHyun.
* Added support for RISC OS platform, contributed by Andrew Wingate.
* Added support for "#pragma weak", generating macro tags for weak symbols [C].
* Added support for mixins and class methods to Ruby parser, submitted by
Matthias Veit [Ruby].
* Added support to ctags and readtags library for case-folded sorting of tag
files, submitted by Flemming Madsen.
* Added identification of class methods [Python].
* Fixed portability problems [Bugs #541997, #571240].
* Fixed bug in configure script [Solaris, Bug #542966].
* Fixed invalid package name tags [Perl, Bug #535068].
* Fixed failure to output relative paths into etags TAGS files on Win32
[Bug #568365].
* Fixed incorrect line address in cases of line continuation [Fortran].
* Fixed missing tags for certain cases of invalid syntax [C].
* Fixed missing tags in Fortran with HPF extensions [Fortran, Bug #565813].
* Fixed spurious tag for clients portion of feature clause when following
an empty feature clause [Eiffel].
List of changes for version 5.2.3:
* Fixed portability problem in makefile [Solaris, FreeBSD].
* Fixed infinite loop for certain cases of invalid syntax [Eiffel].
* Changed Asm parser to regex, extending its support for more variants [Asm].
List of changes for version 5.2.2:
* Fixed spurious tags following empty feature clause [Eiffel].
* Fixed missing tags for classes specifying generic creation routine [Eiffel].
* Fixed missing tags when label not followed by white space [YACC].
* Fixed for portability [Solaris, MacOS X].
* Added support for type reference tool [Eiffel].
List of changes for version 5.2.1:
* Portability fixes [Mingw32].
* Added "RCS" and "CVS" to list of directories excluded by default.
* Fixed missing tags for function pointers declared const or volatile
[C, Bug #503764].
While here update my email address.
List of changes for version 5.2:
* Portability fixes [HP-UX, Solaris, VMS, OS/2].
* Made code compilable by a C++ compiler.
* Changed reading of option files to ignore blank lines.
* Changed and enhanced interface to readtags library (see readtags.h).
* Changed from using addLanguageRegex() to addTagRegex() in regex-based
parsers.
* Added support for Lua language, submitted by Max Ischenko.
* Added instructions to man page on using tags with NEdit.
* Added setargv.obj to link for wildcard expansion [MSVC].
* Added capability to have regex invoke a callback in a regex parser.
* Fixed regex tag problem which left newlines in back-references.
* Fixed missing class-qualified tags [Eiffel].
* Fixed spurious tags for entries in final indexing clause [Eiffel].
* Fixed problem with invalid filenames in preprocessor line directives.
* Fixed bug parsing scoped variables (e.g. "b:variable") [Vim, Bug #487608].
* Fixed problem compiling readtags.c on some hosts.
* Fixed memory overwrite problem in readtags library.
While here added the support of Exuberant etags (exetags in this package).
List of changes for version 5.1:
* Changed name of option configuration files for MSDOS, MSWindows, and OS/2.
* Changed regex support to enforce REG_NEWLINE. This fixes problem where the
newline character was explicity being matched by user patterns [Bug #431477].
* Added new public domain library for reading tag files (see readtags.h).
* Added support for variables and namespaces, provided by Jay Glanville [Vim].
* Added report of non-options in option configuration files and CTAGS
environment variable.
* Added support for YACC language, submitted by Nick Hibma [YACC].
* Added support for Perl packages, submitted by Nick Hibma [Perl].
* Added '$' as valid identifier character for DEC C compiler [VMS, Bug #425147].
* Added compilation date and time to --version output.
* Added configure check for HP-UX to determine if ANSI options needed [HP-UX].
* Removed tags for forward class/struct declarations [C/C++, Bug #432563].
* Eliminated ;" separator from end of tag line when no extension fields are
present.
* Fixed segmentation violation for some Lisp files [Lisp].
* Fixed segmentation violation occurring when file referenced in #line
directive was from an unknown language.
* Fixed loss of sync when parsing bit fields named with C++ reserved word [C].
* Fixed compilation problem on gcc-2.7.2.
* Fixed problem parsing verbatim strings [Eiffel].
* Fixed problem with PHP references [PHP].
* Fixed handling of Perl __DATA__ sections [Perl].
* Fixed problem resulting from white space in tag name due to regex name
specifier.
* Fixed double reading of $HOME/.ctags when current directory is $HOME.
* Fixed problem reading option configuration files using CR-LF newlines.
* Fixed problem preventing output control over tag kinds of regex patterns
[Bug #429869]
