erlcscope builds a cscope compatible database for erlang files. The database can be used with any
program which supports cscope along with the standard cscope -d command.
Requires Erlang and escript installed.
git clone https://github.com/syed/erlcscope.git
cd erlcscope
By default erlcscope will install the binary in /usr/local/bin. If you want to change the default
location edit the DEST_BIN variable in the Makefile.
erlcscope uses rebar present in its directory for compilation. If you want to use a different
version of rebar or add some extra paramaters, edit the REBAR variable in the Makefile
After making the necessary changes, compile and install by
make clean
make
make install
cd /path/to/code
erlcscope .
by default erlcscope will look for a file named cscope.files which contains a list of all
the source files that need to be processed. If no such file is present, it recursively scans
the directory for erlang files and builds the database. It also stores the files found in
cscope.files.
Right now erlcscope supports lookup of atoms,variables and functions. The main advantage of cscope over ctags is that it can also lookup where a function is called from instead of just the function definition.
If you are using vim and want to setup cscope, this tutorial details the process very nicely. This is the link for emacs users.
