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-Generating a tags file
-======================
-
-If you need a tags file so that you can jump around Moodle code
-easily in your editor (eg vim or emacs), you can generate one:
-
-Exuberant ctags (default on Linux, can be compiled on other platforms):
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-
-ctags -R --languages=php --php-kinds=f \
---regex-PHP='/abstract +class +([^ ]*)/\1/c/' \
---regex-PHP='/interface +([^ ]*)/\1/c/' \
---regex-PHP='/(public |static |abstract |protected |private )+ *function +([^ (]*)/\2/f/'
-
-BSD ctags (Default on Mac OS X):
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-
- (TODO)