Using Exuberant ctags with UE4

[overbyte]

Hey guys,

I’m attempting to stick with my favourite text editor, vim, for doing C++ with UE4 by using Exuberant CTags to give me some code completion and I wanted to see if this was a worthwhile endeavour.

Has anyone ever tried setting up ctags with UE4 before?

My notes on the subject are here

overbyte/notes/blob/master/vim-cpp-setup.md

I’ve had enough success to make me feel like it is worthwhile but I’m having a few issues.

• Will ctags give code completion on #include?
• Which Source folders should I tag? I’ve tried the following - should i tag the others in the Source folder too?:

ctags -R --sort=yes --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q --language-force=C++ -f ue4runtime "${UNREALENGINE_HOME}/Engine/Source/Runtime"
ctags -R --sort=yes --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q --language-force=C++ -f ue4developer "${UNREALENGINE_HOME}/Engine/Source/Developer" 

• Although I can see GetWorld() in the tags (below), I don’t seem to get any code completion with it (ie when i use GetWorld()->

AActor::GetWorld    /home/overbyte/UnrealEngine/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/Actor.cpp   /^UWorld* AActor::GetWorld() const$/;"  f   class:AActor    signature:() const

Thanks in advance
;oB

[overbyte]

is this a bit too out there?

[ProgrammingPenguin]

Only thing i can tell you is, that i started using coc-clangd for completion and it works half decent. still am trying to get the kinks worked out, but i think my problems are coming from the unreal side…