ctags-5.6 (Mon May 29 2006)
* Reformatted code for independence of tab stop setting.
* Changed default configuration to disable installation of etags links.
* Changed --langmap to first unmap each supplied extension from other languages.
* Added support for ASP constants [ASP, Patch #961842].
* Added support for GNU make extensions [Make].
* Added .mk as extension recognized as a make language file [Make].
* Added missing help for list-maps options [Bug #1201826].
* Added new extension field "typeref" [thanks to Bram Moolenaar].
* Extended functionality of Ruby parser with patch from Elliot Hughes [Ruby].
* Fixed creation of TAGS file with etags-include but no files [Bug #941233].
* Fixed problem reading last line of list file (-L) without final newline.
* Fixed infinite loop that could occur on files without final newline [C, Java].
* Fixed incorrect tag for first field of table [SQL].
* Fixed missing tags for functions beginning with underscore [Sh].
* Fixed missing tags for functions with variable arg list [C, Bug #1201689].
* Fixed parsing problem with parentheses in argument list [C, Bug #1085585].
* Fixed problem in preprocessor directive handling [C, Bug #1086609].
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]
