vim - Jump to function definition

Question

How can I jump to a function definition using Vim? For example with Visual Assist, I can type Alt+g under a function and it opens a context menu listing the files with definitions.

How can I do something like this in vim?

Answer 1

Use ctags. Generate a tags file, and tell vim where it is using the :tags command. Then you can just jump to the function definition using Ctrl-]

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