TagLEET error: "access violation"

PeterJones

I had tried some years back to get some variant of ctags into my standard workflow, but it never stuck with me. Seeing @Michael-Vincent’s recent post encouraged me to give it another try.

But I’ve obviously done something wrong, because I get an Access Violation when I try to run any TagLEET

Notepad++ v7.8.6   (64-bit)
Build time : Apr 21 2020 - 15:23:03
Path : C:\usr\local\apps\notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit) 
OS Version : 1903
OS Build : 18362.720
Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll LuaScript.dll MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll mimeTools.dll NppConsole.dll NppConverter.dll NppEditorConfig.dll NppExec.dll NppExport.dll NppFTP.dll PreviewHTML.dll PythonScript.dll QuickText.dll TagLEET.dll XMLTools.dll

I installed ctags (copied ctags.exe into my path):

C:\usr\local\share\PassThru\perl\nppCommunity\plproject>where ctags
C:\usr\local\bin\ctags.exe
C:\usr\local\share\PassThru\perl\nppCommunity\plproject>ctags --version
Exuberant Ctags 5.8, Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Darren Hiebert
  Compiled: Jul  9 2009, 17:05:35
  Addresses: <dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net>, http://ctags.sourceforge.net
  Optional compiled features: +win32, +regex, +internal-sort

I installed TagLEET:

for showing my problem, I created a new dummy project and ran ctags -R, which results in the following structure and contents:

C:\usr\local\share\PassThru\perl\nppCommunity\plproject>dir /S
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 4A3F-937C

 Directory of C:\usr\local\share\PassThru\perl\nppCommunity\plproject

05/11/2020  09:07 AM    <DIR>          .
05/11/2020  09:07 AM    <DIR>          ..
05/11/2020  09:02 AM    <DIR>          lib
05/11/2020  09:06 AM               174 script.pl
05/11/2020  09:07 AM               595 tags
               2 File(s)            769 bytes

 Directory of C:\usr\local\share\PassThru\perl\nppCommunity\plproject\lib

05/11/2020  09:02 AM    <DIR>          .
05/11/2020  09:02 AM    <DIR>          ..
05/11/2020  09:06 AM               205 myLib.pm
               1 File(s)            205 bytes

C:\usr\local\share\PassThru\perl\nppCommunity\plproject>type script.pl lib\myLib.pm tags

script.pl


#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use lib './lib';
use myLib qw/libSub/;

sub localSub { print "runs\n"; }

localSub();
libSub();
myLib::otherSub();

lib\myLib.pm


package myLib;
use warnings;
use strict;

use Exporter qw/import/;

our @EXPORT_OK = qw(libSub otherSub);

sub libSub() { print "run libSub\n"; }
sub otherSub() { print "run otherSub\n"; }

1;

tags


!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT       2       /extended format; --format=1 will not append ;" to lines/
!_TAG_FILE_SORTED       1       /0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR    Darren Hiebert  /dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME      Exuberant Ctags //
!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL       http://ctags.sourceforge.net    /official site/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION   5.8     //
libSub  .\lib\myLib.pm  /^sub libSub() { print "run libSub\\n"; }$/;"   s
localSub        .\script.pl     /^sub localSub { print "runs\\n"; }$/;" s
myLib   .\lib\myLib.pm  /^package myLib;$/;"    p
otherSub        .\lib\myLib.pm  /^sub otherSub() { print "run otherSub\\n"; }$/;"       s

But when I then open script.pl, put the cursor on localSub(); on line 10 or libSub(); on line 11, and run Plugins > TagLEET > Lookup Tag, I get the Access Violation error shown above.

I tried a brand new fresh unzip of Notepad++:

Notepad++ v7.8.6   (64-bit)
Build time : Apr 21 2020 - 15:23:03
Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp-other\npp.7.8.6.bin.x64\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit) 
OS Version : 1903
OS Build : 18362.720
Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll TagLEET.dll

and it does the same.

I tried both with the .ctags file excerpt that @Michael-Vincent quoted in the other post, and without that config file (just in case it was causing the bug).

What am I missing / doing wrong?

PeterJones

After more debug:

v1.3.1 worked fine on 32-bit Notepad++.

So then I went to the sourceforge repo and saw v1.3.2 was available there.

When I manually installed the v1.3.2, it worked fine in 64-bit Notepad++ as well.

Does @gstavi want to ping nppPluginList to get Plugins Admin to download the newer version?

Michael Vincent

@PeterJones said in TagLEET error: "access violation":

So then I went to the sourceforge repo and saw v1.3.2 was available there.

Interesting. Sounds like the Plugin Admin links are both for the 32-bit version? Since I’ve been using a modified copy, I never noticed.

Sounds like it’s working for you now? I don’t find it that useful in single file projects - I just use function list, but for developing N++ plugins or maybe a multi-file Perl module (e.g., Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus) it’s pretty helpful.

Cheers.

PeterJones

@Michael-Vincent said in TagLEET error: "access violation":

@PeterJones said in TagLEET error: "access violation":

So then I went to the sourceforge repo and saw v1.3.2 was available there.

Interesting. Sounds like the Plugin Admin links are both for the 32-bit version? Since I’ve been using a modified copy, I never noticed.

Nope. Putting the 32bit in the 64bit plugin folder, I get explicit 32-bit error

I tried downloading the 64bit directly from here, and got the same access violation.

I also verified nppPluginList correctly links to the 64bit zip for 1.3.1.

Sounds like it’s working for you now?

Yes, v1.3.2-64bit worked right off the bat, no problem.

I don’t find it that useful in single file projects - I just use function list,

That’s probably why it never “stuck” when I’d tried getting into ctags before.

but for developing N++ plugins or maybe a multi-file Perl module (e.g., Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus) it’s pretty helpful.

That’s the personal project I’ll probably use it the most in. And my upcoming work project will involve a multi-file CPP program – I’ll mostly be in the IDE bundled with the hardware that the program will be running on, but when I’m at my desk, I’ll probably do “quick” edits in Notepad++, so ctags/TagLEET will probably help there, too.