Software:cscope
| name = cscope
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| screenshot = Cscope browsing it's own source code.jpg
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| latest release version = 15.9
| latest release date = July 24, 2018[1]
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| operating system = Unix, Linux, DOS
| genre = Programming tool,
for C, C++, Java
| license = BSD
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cscope is a programming tool which works in console mode, text-based interface, that allows computer programmers or software developers to search source code of the programming language C, with some support for C++ and Java. It is often used on very large projects to aid code comprehension to find source code, functions, declarations, definitions, and regular expression. cscope is free and released under a BSD license. The original developer of cscope is Joe Steffen.
History
Joe Steffen began writing cscope in 1980, as an aid to his programming word on a PDP-11.[2] The tool became very popular within Bell Labs, as fellow employees requested more features and improvements. The tool was later made part of the AT&T Unix distribution. It is still used by developers today, some of whom are most accustomed to using vi or other text-based editors, instead of GUI editors. The functions in cscope are available to varying degrees in modern graphical text editors.
Usage
cscope is used in two phases. First, a developer builds the cscope database of the source code. The developer can often use find or other Unix tools to get the list of filenames needed to index into a file called cscope.files. The developer then builds a database using the command cscope -b -q -k. The k flag is intended to build a database for an operating system or C library source code. It will not look in /usr/include. Second, the developer can now search those files using the command cscope -d. An index must be rebuilt whenever changes are made to indexed files.
cscope was created to search content within C code, but it can also be used (with some caveats) for C++ and Java code.[3]
Derived software
- KScope runs on KDE and integrates the Kate text editor. The KScope project is no longer being maintained.[4]
- Seascope runs on PyQt4 and integrates the Scintilla text editor.[5]
- Gscope is based on GTK2 and GTK3 and integrates with multiple text editors.[6]
- CCTree is a native Vim plugin that integrates with the Vim editor and offers functions similar to KScope and Seascope.[7]
- Csope is a fork with an altered TUI.[8]
See also
- ctags
- Cross-reference (X-Ref)
- LXR Cross Referencer, Web-based source code browsing with hyperlinks
- OpenGrok
References
- ↑ Horman, Neil (24 July 2018). "update configure.in script for 15.9 release". https://sourceforge.net/p/cscope/cscope/ci/612a539b585ccdb70a1261652954f579ccedb270/. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "The History of Cscope". https://cscope.sourceforge.net/history.html.
- ↑ CScope home page: "The fuzzy parser supports C, but is flexible enough to be useful for C++ and Java[...]"
- ↑ KScope homepage
- ↑ Seascope homepage
- ↑ Gscope homepage
- ↑ "CCTree - C Call-Tree Explorer -- Cscope based source-code browser; code flow analyzer : Vim online". http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2368.
- ↑ Csope homepage
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