How to access a function's definition in "vim"?

[jeremy28]

Hi all!

I'm using ubuntu 9.04;

Is there a complete library for C++ programming in ubuntu like "MSDN"?!

When using "Vim", I want to access a function's complete definition such as it's header file, library description and parameters, etc.

Is it necessary to install something from repository to obtain such a documentation?

And what would be the command to access a function's description in "vim"?

TIA

[Cabhan]

This depends. Vim doesn't automatically know about the definitions of your functions.

What you are able to do is create a "tags" file by using the "ctags" program. The tags file tells you the definition of every function. Therefore, you can create a tags file for your entire repository, and then use the Ctrl-] command to jump to the definition of a file.

You can find more information by running the command ":help tags-and-searches" from Vim.