Requirements

This utility is designed to work on Linux and POSIX OS with these utilities:

• xgettext that comes with GNU gettext.

• universal ctags, version 5.9 or higher, built with JSON support.

On Debian systems run this:

sudo apt-get install universal-ctags gettext

On MacOS systems run this:

brew install universal-ctags gettext

To get started:

1. Clone this repo

2. Run:

   ./configure --dev
   source venv/bin/activate

3. Run tests with:

   pytest -vvs

4. Run a basic scan to collect symbols and display as YAML on screen:

   scancode --source-symbol tests/data/symbols_ctags/test3.cpp --yaml -

5. Run a basic scan to collect strings and display as YAML on screen:

   scancode --source-string tests/data/symbols_ctags/test3.cpp --yaml -

6. Run a basic scan to collect symbols, strings and comments using Pygments, and display them as YAML on the screen:

   scancode --pygments-symbol-and-string tests/data/symbols_ctags/test3.cpp --yaml -

7. Run a basic scan to collect symbols and strings using Tree-Sitter, and display them as YAML on the screen:

   scancode --treesitter-symbol-and-string tests/data/symbols_ctags/test3.cpp --yaml -