using vim as a python class/module/function etc.. browser

[Chris Jones]

Robert Kern wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
> 
>>I'm trying to make sense of a python program and was wondering if vim 
>>has any python-oriented functionalities (apart from syntax highlighting) 
>>that would make it somewhat easier to browse the source code.
>>
>>What I had in mind is something that would let me use CTRL+] to 
>>automatically display whatever object is under the cursor (a bit like 
>>ctags for code written in C..)
>>
>>I have read somewhere about something called 'ptags' but could not find 
>>it in debian - and I'm not 100% sure it's really a python equivalent of 
>>ctags.
> 
> 
> On ptags:
> http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=1188
> 
> Of course, modern versions of Exuberant Ctags also support Python, too.
> 

I apt-installed this package but the man page is rather intimidating so 
I thought I might as well make sure I was going in the right direction.

Just need to verify that the stable version (sarge) is modern enough..

Thanks..!