NAME

ptags − create a POSTSCRIPT language or NeWS tags file for use with vi

SYNOPSIS

ptags [ −f tagsfile ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

ptags makes a tags file for ex(1) from a POSTSCRIPT language or NeWS source file. See ctags(1) for more information.  ptags tags lines with the string cdef and lines with the hint ptag=<tagname> embedded anywhere in a comment. 

The default tagfile is tags.ps.  Because this is not in the default tag search path, the command

set tags=tags tags.ps

is required in vi(1), or in the user’s .exrc file to initialize that path. Depending on the system, a backslash may be required to escape the space between tags and tags.ps. 

OPTIONS

None. 

EXAMPLES

Using ptags on a file containing the function definition

cdef function_name(int arg)

produces the tag function_name. 

Inserting the comment:

/ name { % object => - ptag=<name>

in the source file yields the tag name for that line. Note that it is the string within the <...> that is used as the tag. 

FILES

tags.ps output tags file

SEE ALSO

ctags(1), ex(1), psindent(1), vgrind(1), vi(1)

TRADEMARK

POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc. 

BUGS

Should be able to identify the tags without the hint in the comment. 

AUTHOR

Josh Siegel (siegel@hc.dspo.gov)

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 3 Mar 1989