GNU global configuration use ctags parser

# Installation of GLOBAL
# It assumed that ctags command is installed in '/usr/local/bin'.
$ ./configure --with-exuberant-ctags=/usr/local/bin/ctags
$ make
$ sudo make install

# Executing of gtags
# It assumed that GLOBAL is installed in '/usr/local'.
$ export GTAGSCONF=/usr/local/share/gtags/gtags.conf
$ export GTAGSLABEL=ctags
$ gtags                         # gtags invokes Exuberant Ctags internally

http://www.gnu.org/software/global/manual/global.html

ENVIRONMENT
global ctags

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