JavaScript: Support import bar from "./bar.js"
Author: thoughtsunificatorCreated Dec 20, 2024Updated Sep 16, 2026
The name of the parser:
JavaScript
The command line you used to run ctags:
$ ctags --options=NONE foo.js bar.jsThe content of input file:
foo.js
import create from "./bar.js"bar.js
export default function() {}The tags output you are not satisfied with:
!_TAG_EXTRA_DESCRIPTION anonymous /Include tags for non-named objects like lambda/
!_TAG_EXTRA_DESCRIPTION fileScope /Include tags of file scope/
!_TAG_EXTRA_DESCRIPTION pseudo /Include pseudo tags/
!_TAG_EXTRA_DESCRIPTION subparser /Include tags generated by subparsers/
!_TAG_FIELD_DESCRIPTION epoch /the last modified time of the input file (only for F\/file kind tag)/
!_TAG_FIELD_DESCRIPTION file /File-restricted scoping/
!_TAG_FIELD_DESCRIPTION input /input file/
!_TAG_FIELD_DESCRIPTION name /tag name/
!_TAG_FIELD_DESCRIPTION pattern /pattern/
!_TAG_FIELD_DESCRIPTION typeref /Type and name of a variable or typedef/
!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT 2 /extended format; --format=1 will not append ;" to lines/
!_TAG_FILE_SORTED 1 /0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript C,constant /constants/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript G,getter /getters/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript M,field /fields/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript S,setter /setters/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript c,class /classes/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript f,function /functions/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript g,generator /generators/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript m,method /methods/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript p,property /properties/
!_TAG_KIND_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript v,variable /global variables/
!_TAG_OUTPUT_EXCMD mixed /number, pattern, mixed, or combineV2/
!_TAG_OUTPUT_FILESEP slash /slash or backslash/
!_TAG_OUTPUT_MODE u-ctags /u-ctags or e-ctags/
!_TAG_OUTPUT_VERSION 0.0 /current.age/
!_TAG_PARSER_VERSION!JavaScript 1.1 /current.age/
!_TAG_PATTERN_LENGTH_LIMIT 96 /0 for no limit/
!_TAG_PROC_CWD /tmp/ctags/ //
!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR Universal Ctags Team //
!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME Universal Ctags /Derived from Exuberant Ctags/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL https://ctags.io/ /official site/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION 6.1.0 /v6.1.0/
!_TAG_ROLE_DESCRIPTION!JavaScript!function foreigndecl /declared in foreign languages/
anonymousFunctionf39330450100 bar.js /^export default function() {}$/;" fThe tags output you expect:
I am not sure about the expected output.
The version of ctags:
$ ctags --version
Universal Ctags 6.1.0(v6.1.0), Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Universal Ctags Team
Universal Ctags is derived from Exuberant Ctags.
Exuberant Ctags 5.8, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert
Compiled: Mar 17 2024, 12:18:39
URL: https://ctags.io/
Output version: 0.0
Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex, +iconv, +option-directory, +xpath, +json, +interactive, +sandbox, +yaml, +packcc, +optscript, +pcre2How do you get ctags binary:
pacman -S ctags
Source: universal-ctags/ctags