cscope_maps.nvim

For old school code navigation :)

Heavily inspired by emacs' xcscope.el.

Adds cscope support for Neovim 0.9+

cscope_maps.nvim.v2.webm

Features

Cscope

• Tries to mimic vim's builtin cscope functionality.
• Provides user command, :Cscope which acts same as good old :cscope.
• Short commands are supported. e.g. :Cs f g main
• No need to add cscope database (:cscope add <file>), it is automatically picked from current directory or db_file option.
• Keymaps can be disabled using disable_maps option.
• Supports cscope and gtags-cscope. Use cscope.exec option to specify executable.
• :Cstag <symbol> does tags search if no results are found in cscope.
• :Cscope build builds cscope db
  • vim.g.cscope_maps_statusline_indicator can be used in statusline to indicate ongoing db build.
• :Cscope db add <space sepatated files> add db file(s) to cscope search
• :Cscope db rm <space sepatated files> remove db file(s) from cscope search
• For nvim < 0.9, legacy cscope will be used. It will support keymaps. It won't have all the niceties of lua port.
• Opens results in quickfix, telescope, or fzf-lua.
• Has which-key.nvim hints.
• See this section for vim-gutentags.

Stack View

• Visualize tree of caller functions and called functions.
• :CsStackView open down <sym> Opens "downward" stack showing all the functions who call the <sym>.
• :CsStackView open up <sym> Opens "upward" stack showing all the functions called by the <sym>.
• In CsStackView window, use following keymaps
  • <tab> toggle child under cursor
  • <cr> open location of symbol under cursor
  • q close window
• :CsStackView toggle reopens last CsStackView window.
• In CsStackView window, all nodes that are part of current stack are highlighted.

Installation

Install the plugin with your preferred package manager. Following example uses lazy.nvim

{
  "dhananjaylatkar/cscope_maps.nvim",
  dependencies = {
    "folke/which-key.nvim", -- optional [for whichkey hints]
    "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim", -- optional [for picker="telescope"]
    "ibhagwan/fzf-lua", -- optional [for picker="fzf-lua"]
    "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", -- optional [for devicons in telescope or fzf]
  },
  opts = {
    -- USE EMPTY FOR DEFAULT OPTIONS
    -- DEFAULTS ARE LISTED BELOW
  },
}

Configuration

You must run require("cscope_maps").setup() to initialize the plugin even when using default options.

cscope_maps comes with following defaults:

{
  -- maps related defaults
  disable_maps = false, -- "true" disables default keymaps
  skip_input_prompt = false, -- "true" doesn't ask for input
  prefix = "<leader>c", -- prefix to trigger maps

  -- cscope related defaults
  cscope = {
    -- location of cscope db file
    db_file = "./cscope.out", -- DB or table of DBs
                              -- NOTE:
                              --   when table of DBs is provided -
                              --   first DB is "primary" and others are "secondary"
                              --   primary DB is used for build and project_rooter
                              --   secondary DBs must be built with absolute paths
                              --   or paths relative to cwd. Otherwise JUMP will not work.
    -- cscope executable
    exec = "cscope", -- "cscope" or "gtags-cscope"
    -- choose your fav picker
    picker = "quickfix", -- "telescope", "fzf-lua" or "quickfix"
    -- size of quickfix window
    qf_window_size = 5, -- any positive integer
    -- position of quickfix window
    qf_window_pos = "bottom", -- "bottom", "right", "left" or "top"
    -- "true" does not open picker for single result, just JUMP
    skip_picker_for_single_result = false, -- "false" or "true"
    -- these args are directly passed to "cscope -f <db_file> <args>"
    db_build_cmd_args = { "-bqkv" },
    -- statusline indicator, default is cscope executable
    statusline_indicator = nil,
    -- try to locate db_file in parent dir(s)
    project_rooter = {
      enable = false, -- "true" or "false"
      -- change cwd to where db_file is located
      change_cwd = false, -- "true" or "false"
    },
  }
}

vim-gutentags

Config for vim-gutentags

{
  "ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags",
  init = function()
    vim.g.gutentags_modules = {"cscope_maps"} -- This is required. Other config is optional
    vim.g.gutentags_cscope_build_inverted_index_maps = 1
    vim.g.gutentags_cache_dir = vim.fn.expand("~/code/.gutentags")
    vim.g.gutentags_file_list_command = "fd -e c -e h"
    -- vim.g.gutentags_trace = 1
  end,
}

Alternative to vim-gutentags

Alternative to gutentags is to rebuild DB using :Cscope db build or <prefix>b.

You can create autocmd for running :Cscope db build after saving .c and .h files. e.g

local group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("CscopeBuild", { clear = true })
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("BufWritePost", {
  pattern = { "*.c", "*.h" },
  callback = function ()
    vim.cmd("Cscope db build")
  end,
  group = group,
})

Keymaps

Default Keymaps

<prefix> can be configured using prefix option. Default value for prefix is <leader>c.

(Try setting it to C-c 😉)

Keymaps	Description
<prefix>s	find all references to the token under cursor
<prefix>g	find global definition(s) of the token under cursor
<prefix>c	find all calls to the function name under cursor
<prefix>t	find all instances of the text under cursor
<prefix>e	egrep search for the word under cursor
<prefix>f	open the filename under cursor
<prefix>i	find files that include the filename under cursor
<prefix>d	find functions that function under cursor calls
<prefix>a	find places where this symbol is assigned a value
<prefix>b	build cscope database
Ctrl-]	do :Cstag <cword>

Custom Keymaps

Disable default keymaps by setting disable_maps = true.

There are 2 ways to add keymaps for Cscope.

Using cscope_prompt() function

cscope_prompt(operation, default_symbol) is exposed to user. This function provides prompt which asks for input (see screenshots below) before running :Cscope command.

e.g. Following snippet maps C-c C-g to find global def of symbol under cursor

vim.keymap.set(
  "n",
  "<C-c><C-g>",
  [[<cmd>lua require('cscope_maps').cscope_prompt('g', vim.fn.expand("<cword>"))<cr>]],
  { noremap = true, silent = true }
)

Using :Cscope command

Use vim.api.nvim_set_keymap() to set keymap for cscope.

e.g. Following snippet maps C-c C-g to find global def of symbol under cursor

vim.keymap.set(
  "n",
  "<C-c><C-g>",
  [[<cmd>exe "Cscope find g" expand("<cword>")<cr>]],
  { noremap = true, silent = true }
)