Using ZSH completion with ctags and Vim

This tip was inspired by a tip on using bash completion with ctags.

This implementation is significantly simpler but gets the basic job done.

Completing ctags with ZSH

Add the following to your ~/.zshrc file:

#vim tags
function _get_tags {
  [ -f ./tags ] || return
  local cur
  read -l cur
  echo $(echo $(awk -v ORS=" "  "/^${cur}/ { print \$1 }" tags))
}
compctl -x 'C[-1,-t]' -K _get_tags -- vim
#end vim tags

Then start a new shell or source your rc file:

source ~/.zshrc

References

Using_bash_completion_with_ctags_and_Vim