What do I need to do to build and generate the tags file?

[cherryramatisdev]

Sorry if it's a noob question but I can't use the tags functionality like :tj or <C-x><C-]> because the tags files don't exists as shown below:

PS: I can use <C-]> on links normally.

https://asciinema.org/a/vfLxFzxcPw0woUeSpyUa0FBZX

[Furkanzmc]

Hello.

You can use setlocal tagfunc=v:lua.zettelkasten.tagfunc so that <C-]> can take you to a tag. If you want to use completion, then you would need the following options (You can see these in :help zettelkasten.nvim and the default filetype plugin should set these as well).

    setlocal tagfunc=v:lua.zettelkasten.tagfunc
    setlocal isfname+=-,:
    setlocal iskeyword+=:,-
    setlocal suffixesadd+=.md
    setlocal keywordprg=:ZkHover
    setlocal completefunc=v:lua.zettelkasten.completefunc

This is the only thing that comes to mind when I see those errors. Can you confirm your completefunc and tagfunc options?

[cherryramatisdev]

My completefunc is v:lua.zettelkasten.completefunc and my tagfunc is v:lua.zettelkasten.tagfunc

Disclaimer: My <C-]> for tagfunc jumping and my <C-x><C-u> for completefunc is working just fine, my problem is with <C-x><C-]> and with :tselectcommands

[Furkanzmc]

I see. My assumption was that this would work but looks like :tag and friends don't do completion when no tag file is present. You can still do things like :tag work and it'll take you to the tag though.

I'm not sure why <C-x><C-]> is not working. With no tags file, I can use <C-x><C-]> to get a list of the available tags. I notice that at 0:14, you get a list of the notes. Maybe the completion plugin you are using interfering with something? I don't use a completion plugin so I don't know if it could cause problems.

If you are able to provide a minimum configuration, I can try to see if I can reproduce it here and find a solution if I can.

[cherryramatisdev]

I don't use a completion plugin either, and maybe I can generate the tags file with some command?

for the minimal config, I can reproduce with this minimal

call plug#begin()
if has('nvim')
  Plug 'Furkanzmc/zettelkasten.nvim'
endif
call plug#end()

if has('nvim')
  lua require'zettelkasten'.setup { notes_path = "/Users/cherryramatis/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/mybrain" }
endif

With neovim 0.8.3

[Furkanzmc]

Thank you for sharing a minimal example. I'll try to look into it in a day or two.

In the mean time, you can take a look at here to generate tags: https://github.com/Furkanzmc/zettelkasten.nvim/wiki#generate-tags-using-universal-tags