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

[Chris Jones]

Daniel Nogradi wrote:
>>>>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.
>>
>>You will probably want to read the vim documentation on how to use ctags
>>from
>>vim. That will tell you all you need to know without extraneous cruft.
>>
>>
>>>Just need to verify that the stable version (sarge) is modern enough..
>>
>>It ought to be. It has supported Python for years and years.
> 
> 
> For browsing source code I found the folding feature of vim very
> useful. It collapses the body of function and class definitions into
> one line so you can have a general overview of definitions in the
> code. It is available from version 6 up and I recently wrote a vim
> plugin specifically for folding python source code. You can find it
> here: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1494

I'm currently re-evaluating my vim habits .. see what new stuff I can 
integrate so as to be more productive.. so it's probably a good time to 
look into the folding feature...

> 
> There is also an excellent vim plugin by Yegappan Lakshmanan for
> working with 'tags' files using ctags. It displays all your function
> and class definitions (from multiple files if you wish) in a narrow
> vertical window where you can easily jump to the file containing a
> chosen definition. This script is here:
> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273

this sounds very useful. Thanks very much for pointing me in the right 
direction.

> 
> HTH,
> Daniel