:Ctags command returns “E492: Not an editor command: Ctags” error

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:Ctags command returns “E492: Not an editor command: Ctags” error

sdondley opened this issue 4 years ago · 3 comments

I have vim-rails plugin installed (it's definitely installed as evidenced by good output from :echo rails#app()). I have ctags installed with: brew install --with-jansson --HEAD universal-ctags/universal-ctags/universal-ctags

When I run :Ctags in vim exec mode, I get the error: :Ctags command returns "E492: Not an editor command: Ctags" error. I have tried running this command from Gemfile and .rb files inside the rails app.

Answer 1 · 2020-06-13T01:44:04.000Z

I had to run :call rails#buffer_setup() from the exec line to get ctags function to be recognized. Why is that? I don't see anything in the documentation about having to do that.

Answer 2 · 2020-06-13T01:47:14.000Z

I'm loading the plugin with pack like so in an ftplugin/ruby.vim file:

packadd vim-rails

Answer 3 · 2020-06-13T01:49:19.000Z

OK, putting packadd vim-rails directly into .vimrc file did the trick. Not sure why that makes a difference, but ok.