Current Version: 5.7ctags-5.7 (04 Sep 2007)* Added support for DIM AS [Freebasic, Bug #1741778].* Added support for arbitrary nesting depth [Python, Bug #1684786, Debian bug #409078].* Added support for verbatim string literals [C#, Bug #1515910].* Added support for .ctags as well as ctags.cnf on Windows [Bug #1246506].* Added support for non-extern, non-static functions returning wchar_t, contributed by Aaron Peromsik [C++, Patch #1458930].* Added support for numerous revision control systems including Bazaar and Mercurial [Bug #1472894].* Added support for enums [Java, Bug #1730485, Bug #1517143, Patch #1027395, Patch #1528507].* Added support for multiple-level namespace declarations [C#].* Added .svn to list of directories ignored during recursion (--recurse).* Added support for BlitzBasic, PureBasic and FreeBasic [FR #1100506].* Added support for interfaces and static/public/protected/private functions [PHP].* Added support for 'package' keyword [Perl].* Added support for multi-line subroutine, package, and constant definitions [Perl].* Added support for optional subroutine declarations [Perl].* Added support for formats [Perl].* Added support for new convert keyword [Eiffel].* Added optional tags for forward variable declarations (e.g. 'struct C;') [C, C++].* Changed parsing of option input file (-L) to strip trailing white space.* Ignore comments mixed into definitions and declarations [Perl].* Fixed detecting labels with whitespace after label name [Perl, Bug #1752361]* Fixed parsing of generic classes/interfaces [Java, Bug #1447756].* Fixed misidentification of fully qualified function calls as labels [Perl].* Fixed parsing of inner classes [Python, Bug #1411963].* Fixed line continuation [Python, Bug #928001, Patch #819471].* Fixed parsing of annotations [Java, Bug #1691412].* Fixed block-comment parsing [Verilog, Patch #1458042, Bugs #960316, #1111214, #1606569, #1615060].* Fixed typo in man page [Debian bug #366412].* Fixed missing chunk of text in man page and over-use of hyphens in UTF-8 locales [Debian bug #271323].* Fixed parsing of ` as a method name [Ruby].* Fixed parsing of keywords in string literals [Ruby, Bug #1742588].* Fixed potential segmentation violation [Bug #1672834, Bug #1222926].* Fixed parsing of destructors with whitespace after the '~' [C++, Bug #1585745].* Fixed default access of unions to be public [C++, Bug #1548443].* Fixed various memory leaks, mostly contributed by Dmitry Antipov.* Fixed parsing of `define [Verilog, Bug #961001].* Fixed crashes involving '/' [Verilog, Bug #1743330].* Fixed compilation problem on MinGW [Bug #1517424].* Fixed generation of HTML-formatted man page [Bug #1645864].* Fixed recognition of Python scripts having '#!/usr/bin/python' as first line [Bug #1764148].* Fixed parsing of Fortran comment-to-end-of-line with no newline before EOF [Debian bug #432872].* Fixed parsing of << [C/C++, Bugs #1020715, #1093123, #1770479, #1770607].* Fixed parsing of fully-qualified type names [Java, Bug #814263].* Fixed handling of lone carriage-return characters in file [Bug #1773926].ctags-5.6 (Mon May 29 2006)* Reformatted code for independence of tab stop setting.* Changed default configuration to disable installation of etags links.* Changed --langmap to first unmap each supplied extension from other languages.* Added support for ASP constants [ASP, Patch #961842].* Added support for GNU make extensions [Make].* Added .mk as extension recognized as a make language file [Make].* Added missing help for list-maps options [Bug #1201826].* Added new extension field "typeref" [thanks to Bram Moolenaar].* Extended functionality of Ruby parser with patch from Elliott Hughes [Ruby].* Fixed creation of TAGS file with etags-include but no files [Bug #941233].* Fixed problem reading last line of list file (-L) without final newline.* Fixed infinite loop that could occur on files without final newline [C, Java].* Fixed incorrect tag for first field of table [SQL].* Fixed missing tags for functions beginning with underscore [Sh].* Fixed missing tags for functions with variable arg list [C, Bug #1201689].* Fixed parsing problem with parentheses in argument list [C, Bug #1085585].* Fixed problem in preprocessor directive handling [C, Bug #1086609].ctags-5.5.4 (Thu Mar 25 2004)* Fixed broken -R option.ctags-5.5.3 (Sun Mar 14 2004)* Removed forgotten debug statement [Bug #811704].* Added support for Perl labels.* Added support for Perl "use constant" [Perl, Patch #853704, Feature Request  #710017].* Added support for package qualification of tags, removing useless "package"  tag kind [Perl, Feature Request #448887].* Added support for "and" keyword [SML, Bug #816636].* Added support for variables [PHP].* Fixed problem destroying tag file with certain info options [Bug #845502].* Fixed portability problem [DJGPP].* Fixed problem of double characters in signature field [C, Bug #852368].* Fixed problem manifested by errant preprocessor conditionals [Bug #839162].* Fixed incorrect line address in tag file for SQL tags [SQL, Bug #823000].* Fixed incorrect recognition of POD paragraph [Perl, Bug #842077].* Fixed spurious tags for for C++ member templtates [C++, Bug #849591].* Fixed missing tags related to template specializations [C++, Bug #872494].* Fixed spurious local tags for statements following labels [C].* Fixed missing tags for certain scoped functions [Vim].* Fixed infinite loop in Fortran parser.* Fixed missing tags for certain initializers [Fortran, Bug #877956].* Fixed problem with comment line after continuation character [Fortran,  Bug #858165].ctags-5.5.2 (Wed Sep 17 2003)* Added tags for local variables for C-based languages [C/C++/C#/Java/Vera,  Feature Request #449503].* Fixed compilation problem due to type change made to accomodate change of  return type of _findfirst() in VisualStudio.Net [Win32, Bug #775789].* Fixed problems with certain bit fields.ctags-5.5.1 (Wed Jul 30 2003)* Changed supported tag kinds for Verilog parser during overhaul.* Restored exit of program after --help, --license, and --version options [Bug  #717311, #751240].* Removed inclusion of general.h (GPL) from readtags.c (public domain).* Added support for tags for labels [PL/SQL].* Added support for tags for constant definitions [PHP].* Fixed redundant parsing of configuration file [Windows, Bug #768814].* Fixed missing tags for definitions spanning lines [Verilog, Bug #762027].* Fixed compilation error for uncommon hosts.* Fixed missing tags for Korn shell specific function definitions. [Sh,  Bug #769184]* Fixed missing tags when semicolon separator appears [Fortran, Bug #734933].* Fixed missing tags when endsubroutine keyword appears [Fortran, Bug #726712].* Fixed problem with fixed-form line continuation following comment [Fortran,  Bug #726875].* Fixed missing tags for nested blocks [PL/SQL, Bug #722501].* Fixed missing tags for function typedefs [C].* Fixed inability to map empty extension when path contained dot [Bug #742689].ctags-5.5 (Tue Apr 1 2003)* Changed kind indicator for methods from 'f' to 'm' [Tcl].* Changed tags within interfaces to be disabled by default (like prototypes in  C/C++) [Fortran].* Removed explicit descriptions of individual --<LANG>-types options from  --help output. See new --list-languages and --list-kinds options.* Removed explicit list of supported languages and supported tag kinds and  mapping patterns from man page. See new --list-languages, --list-kinds, and  --list-maps options.* Renamed --<LANG>-types option to --<LANG>-kinds (still accepts old name).* Added --list-kinds option.* Added --list-maps option.* Added --list-languages option.* Added support for dimensioned variables, contributed by Simon Bohlin [ASP].* Added support for C# language.* Added support for Erlang language, contributed by Brent Fulgham.* Added support for HTML language files.* Added support for JavaScript language files.* Added support for SML (Standard ML) language, contributed by Venkatesh Prasad.* Added mapping for .plx to Perl.* Added tags for autocommand groups [Vim, Patch #664685].* Added support for numerous language extensions [Fortran].* Added '$', 'D', and 'd' in column 1 as comment characters [Fortran].* Added special handling of --options=NONE to disable automatic reading of  options from configuration files or environment.* Added check for case-insensitive filenames to configure.* Fixed problem with lower case <SID> tag [Vim, Bug #657327].* Fixed problem recognizing indented code [Vim, Patch #664685].* Fixed problem with infinite loop in certain comments [PL/SQL, Bug #629115].* Fixed problem of incorrect extension field [C, Bug #639639].* Fixed problem of empty scoping extension field [C, Bug #639644].* Fixed missing tags for functions split across lines [PHP, Bug #681824].* Fixed missing tags for nested subprograms using 'contains' [Fortran,  Bug #670433].* Fixed missing tags when variable has same name as keyword [Fortran].* Fixed spurious tag when an array-spec occurs within an entity-decl [Fortran].* Fixed mishandling of multiline raw strings [Python, Bug #699171].* Fixed missing scope extension field on namespaces [C++, C#, Bug #665086].* Fixed several bugs causing missed tags [Fortran].* Fixed problem with --langmap option preventing clearing of map [Bug #688442].* Fixed recognition of Unicode-8 characters [Java].* Fixed man page errors and omissions.* Fixed bug in readFieldValue() in readtags library.* Fixed bug in option parsing in readtags command-line program.* Fixed portability problems with DJGPP [Bug #692569].* Fixed portability problems with Cygwin.ctags-5.4 (Thu Oct 17 2002)* Improved ability for tagsOpen() in readtags library to report failure to  open tag file, adding new fields to tagFileInfo structure.* Improved Cobol support to include data, files, groups, and sections [Cobol].* Added '$' a valid character for C identifier [VMS].* Added support for recording routine argument declarations for C-like  languages. See the --fields option and man page section TAG FILE FORMAT for  more information [C, C++, Java].* Added class and method support to TCL parser [TCL].* Added support for PL/SQL language.* Added support for Vera language, inspired by Dave Eggum [Vera].* Fixed problem terminating Perl POD block [Perl, Bug #612621].* Fixed problem re whitespace preceding subprogram name [Pascal, Bug #612019].* Fixed problem with leading spaces before instruction [TCL, Bug #615928].* Fixed problem with double precision functions [Fortran, Bug #620288].* Fixed inverted test causing TMPDIR to be used for temporary files when  ctags is setuid instead of when not setuid [Bug #623713].ctags-5.3.1 (Thu Sep 12 2002)* Renamed tagsSetSorted() to tagsSetSortType() and "sorted" member of  tagFileInfo structure of readtags library to "sort".* Added new function, tagsFirst() to readtags library.* Fixed incorrect tag kinds [Verilog].* Fixed null tags for unnamed BLOCK DATA statements [Fortran].* Fixed missing tags for function preceded by "<SID>" [Vim].* Fixed missing tags for equate statements not in column 1 [Asm, Bug #538629].* Fixed Ruby parser (why didn't the compiler report my screw-up?) [Ruby].ctags-5.3 (Wed Jul 17 2002)* Allowed --etags-include option without input files.* Changed Asm parser to back to C-based parser to remove redundant tags,  and extending its support for more variants [Asm].* Changed to using _tempnam() to create temporary files on Windows, allowing  "TMP" environment variable to set temporary directory.* Changed the -x output to match that of traditional ctags when the --format=1  option is supplied. The new format was also changed slightly to conform more  closely to the original format, with the addition of the extra tag type field.* Added support for Verilog language, submitted by Nam SungHyun.* Added support for RISC OS platform, contributed by Andrew Wingate.* Added support for "#pragma weak", generating macro tags for weak symbols [C].* Added support for mixins and class methods to Ruby parser, submitted by  Matthias Veit [Ruby].* Added support to ctags and readtags library for case-folded sorting of tag  files, submitted by Flemming Madsen.* Added identification of class methods [Python].* Fixed portability problems [Bugs #541997, #571240].* Fixed bug in configure script [Solaris, Bug #542966].* Fixed invalid package name tags [Perl, Bug #535068].* Fixed failure to output relative paths into etags TAGS files on Win32  [Bug #568365].* Fixed incorrect line address in cases of line continuation [Fortran].* Fixed missing tags for certain cases of invalid syntax [C].* Fixed missing tags in Fortran with HPF extensions [Fortran, Bug #565813].* Fixed spurious tag for clients portion of feature clause when following  an empty feature clause [Eiffel].ctags-5.2.3 (Sun Feb 24 2002)* Fixed portability problem in makefile [Solaris, FreeBSD].* Fixed infinite loop for certain cases of invalid syntax [Eiffel].* Changed Asm parser to regex, extending its support for more variants [Asm].ctags-5.2.2 (Sat Feb 16 2002)* Fixed spurious tags following empty feature clause [Eiffel].* Fixed missing tags for classes specifying generic creation routine [Eiffel].* Fixed missing tags when label not followed by white space [YACC].* Fixed for portability [Solaris, MacOS X].* Added support for type reference tool [Eiffel].ctags-5.2.1 (Sun Jan 20 2002)* Portability fixes [Mingw32].* Added "RCS" and "CVS" to list of directories excluded by default.* Fixed missing tags for function pointers declared const or volatile  [C, Bug #503764].ctags-5.2 (Sun Dec 23 2001)* Portability fixes [HP-UX, Solaris, VMS, OS/2].* Made code compilable by a C++ compiler.* Changed reading of option files to ignore blank lines.* Changed and enhanced interface to readtags library (see readtags.h).* Changed from using addLanguageRegex() to addTagRegex() in regex-based  parsers.* Added support for Lua language, submitted by Max Ischenko.* Added instructions to man page on using tags with NEdit.* Added setargv.obj to link for wildcard expansion [MSVC].* Added capability to have regex invoke a callback in a regex parser.* Fixed regex tag problem which left newlines in back-references.* Fixed missing class-qualified tags [Eiffel].* Fixed spurious tags for entries in final indexing clause [Eiffel].* Fixed problem with invalid filenames in preprocessor line directives.* Fixed bug parsing scoped variables (e.g. "b:variable") [Vim, Bug #487608].* Fixed problem compiling readtags.c on some hosts.* Fixed memory overwrite problem in readtags library.ctags-5.1 (Tue Nov 06 2001)* Changed name of option configuration files for MSDOS, MSWindows, and OS/2.* Changed regex support to enforce REG_NEWLINE. This fixes problem where the  newline character was explicity being matched by user patterns [Bug #431477].* Added new public domain library for reading tag files (see readtags.h).* Added support for variables and namespaces, provided by Jay Glanville [Vim].* Added report of non-options in option configuration files and CTAGS  environment variable.* Added support for YACC language, submitted by Nick Hibma [YACC].* Added support for Perl packages, submitted by Nick Hibma [Perl].* Added '$' as valid identifier character for DEC C compiler [VMS, Bug #425147].* Added compilation date and time to --version output.* Added configure check for HP-UX to determine if ANSI options needed [HP-UX].* Removed tags for forward class/struct declarations [C/C++, Bug #432563].* Eliminated ;" separator from end of tag line when no extension fields are  present.* Fixed segmentation violation for some Lisp files [Lisp].* Fixed segmentation violation occurring when file referenced in #line  directive was from an unknown language.* Fixed loss of sync when parsing bit fields named with C++ reserved word [C].* Fixed compilation problem on gcc-2.7.2.