[comp.editors] How can I set multiple tag files in vi?

ge@mcnc.org (George Entenman) (07/11/90)

In vi, when I say ':set all' one of the options is:

	tags=tags /usr/lib/tags

I would like to be able to specify more than one tags file, but
if I type:

	:set tags=tags /usr/lib/tags

I get an error message telling me that there's no such option.
Quotations, etc., don't seem to help.

Can someone tell me how to set tags to multiple files?  I've tried this
on BSD 4.3 and Ultrix 3.1 versions of vi.  Thank in advance.

			  George

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eli@panda.uucp (Eli Taub/100000) (07/12/90)

In article <2408@speedy.mcnc.org> ge@mcnc.org (George Entenman) writes:
>
>I would like to be able to specify more than one tags file, but 
>if I type:
>    :set tags=tags /usr/lib/tags
>I get an error message telling me that there's no such option.
>Quotations, etc., don't seem to help.
>              George

Try backslash (\), it seems to work (tried on AIX):

    :se tags=tags\ /usr/lib/tags
                 ^
    Eli

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