# Rtags, function extraction how to use?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rtags-function-extraction-how-to-use/72872>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 19, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rtags-function-extraction-how-to-use/72872 "2006-10-19T16:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnlester)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rtags-function-extraction-how-to-use/72872/1 "2006-10-19T16:12:53Z")

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Hey all,

```
 Kinda new to ruby programming and I was wondering if anyone could 

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tell me how to use rtags for function extraction from .c,.h, and .cpp  
files. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@johnlester](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnlester)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rtags-function-extraction-how-to-use/72872/2 "2006-10-19T18:45:29Z")

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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 11:12:57PM +0900, John L. wrote:

> ```
> Kinda new to ruby programming and I was wondering if anyone could 
> 
> ```
> 
> tell me how to use rtags for function extraction from .c,.h, and .cpp  
> files. Any help would be appreciated.

You could run [ec]tags on the non-ruby files and then load both tag  
files into your editor. I would guess [ec]tags would soon support ruby.