Add the regexp instructions to the $HOME/.ctags

~/.ctags

typescript

typescript support https://github.com/devsmt/typescript-ctags 

--langdef=typescript
--langmap=typescript:.ts
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export)?[ \t]*class[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/c,classes/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export)?[ \t]*module[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/n,modules/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export)?[ \t]*function[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/f,functions/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*export[ \t]+var[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/v,variables/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*var[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*function[ \t]*\(\)/\1/v,varlambdas/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export)?[ \t]*(public|private)[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\3/m,members/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export)?[ \t]*interface[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/i,interfaces/
--regex-typescript=/^[ \t]*(export)?[ \t]*enum[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/e,enums/

Hack / Hacklang support

--langdef=hacklang
--langmap=hacklang:.hh
--regex-hacklang=/(abstract\s+)?(public\s+|protected\s+|private\s+)function\s+\&?\s*([^ (]+)/\3/f,functions/
--regex-hacklang=/(abstract\s+)?(public\s+|protected\s+|private\s+)(static\s+)function\s+\&?\s*([^ (]+)/\4/f,functions/
--regex-hacklang=/^[ \t]*namespace[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/n,modules/
--regex-hacklang=/^[ \t]*(final)?[ \t]*class[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/c,classes/
--regex-hacklang=/abstract\s+class\s+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/c,classes/
--regex-hacklang=/interface\s+([^ ]+)/\1/c,classes/
--regex-hacklang=/^[ \t]*(public|private)[ \t]+(static\s+)?([\?a-zA-Z0-9_])+[ \t]+(\$[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\4/m,members/
--regex-hacklang=/^[ \t]*interface[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/i,interfaces/
--regex-hacklang=/^[ \t]*type[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/e,type/

PHP

better PHP support:

-R
--exclude=.svn
--tag-relative=yes
--PHP-kinds=+cf-v
--regex-PHP=/abstract\s+class\s+([^ ]+)/\1/c/
--regex-PHP=/interface\s+([^ ]+)/\1/c/
--regex-PHP=/(public\s+|static\s+|abstract\s+|protected\s+|private\s+)function\s+\&?\s*([^ (]+)/\2/f/
#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
$dir = realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/..');
echo "working on dir: $dir \n\n";
echo "generating tag...\n";
echo `ctags -R --languages=PHP $dir`;
echo "utf8 tag...\n";
echo `iconv -f ascii -s -c -t utf-8 "$dir/tags" -o "$dir/tags.utf8"`;
echo `mv $dir/tags        $dir/tags.orig `;
echo `mv $dir/tags.utf8   $dir/tags      `;
--PHP-kinds=+cf   tells it to index classes and functions.
 
#!/bin/bash
cd /path/to/framework/library
exec ctags-exuberant -f ~/.vim/mytags/framework \
-h \".php\" -R \
--exclude=\"\.svn\" \
--totals=yes \
--tag-relative=yes \
--PHP-kinds=+cf \
--regex-PHP='/abstract class ([^ ]*)//c/' \
--regex-PHP='/interface ([^ ]*)//c/' \
--regex-PHP='/(public |static |abstract |protected |private )+function ([^ (]*)//f/'

JS

better js support

; --langdef=js
; --langmap=js:.js
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*\{/\5/,object/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*function[ \t]*\(/\5/,function/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*\[/\5/,array/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*[^"]'[^']*/\5/,string/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*(true|false)/\5/,boolean/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*[0-9]+/\5/,number/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]*.+([,;=]|$)/\5/,variable/
; --regex-js=/(,|(;|^)[ \t]*(var|let|([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$.]+\.)*))[ \t]*([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*[ \t]*([,;]|$)/\5/,variable/
; --regex-js=/function[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*\([^)]*\)/\1/,function/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*\{/\2/,object/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*function[ \t]*\(/\2/,function/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*\[/\2/,array/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*[^"]'[^']*/\2/,string/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*(true|false)/\2/,boolean/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*[0-9]+/\2/,number/
; --regex-js=/(,|^)[ \t]*([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]+)[ \t]*:[ \t]*[^=]+([,;]|$)/\2/,variable/

Go lang support

--langdef=Go
--langmap=Go:.go
--regex-Go=/func([ \t]+\([^)]+\))?[ \t]+([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\2/f,func/
--regex-Go=/var[ \t]+([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/v,var/
--regex-Go=/type[ \t]+([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/\1/t,type/

deprecated

ActionScript:

--langdef=actionscript
--langmap=actionscript:.as
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*[(private| public|static) ( \t)]*function[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\1/f, function, functions/
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*[(public) ( \t)]*function[ \t]+(set|get) [ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*\(/\1 \2/p,property, properties/
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*[(private| public|static) ( \t)]*var[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*/\1/v,variable, variables/
--regex-actionscript=/.*\.prototype \.([A-Za-z0-9 ]+)=([ \t]?)function( [ \t]?)*\(/\1/ f,function, functions/
--regex-actionscript=/^[ \t]*class[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*/\1/c,class, classes/