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I'm an OS X newbie. Other than setting up Emacs / Vim with ctags or cscope or both, are there alternatives to C++ code navigation of an existing code base? I used to use Source Insight on Windows and it worked for me fairly well. I know I can setup ctags or cscope but I was wondering if there is anything even better out there. The main functionality I am looking for is quickly find definition of variables and functions and places a function is being called.

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have you tried stack overflow for this one? – Robert S Ciaccio Nov 28 '10 at 21:11
@calavera, I was reluctant to post it on stackoverflow, but I did post on programmers and got one answer so far. programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/22106/… – grokus Nov 29 '10 at 4:57
I was going to suggest that you take a look at Xcode and the developer tools. Xcode will allow you to Jump To Definition and project wide search. I believe you have found your answer elsewhere tho. – Martín Marconcini Nov 29 '10 at 10:40

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Is Xcode not what you're looking for ? It's the Mac OS X IDE. It'sn't installed by default, but is present on your Mac OS X DVD.

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Xcode might be just what I need. I have to wait and see. I tested ctags / cscope with vim as well and that could be enough as well. – grokus Nov 29 '10 at 16:54
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TextMate and BBEdit have significant followings. I'm personally a big fan of Smultron even though development has stopped.

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In Xcode:

quickly find definition of variables and functions

Right-click the variable name in question, and select "Jump to Definition".

Command (apple button) + double click on the variable is a shortcut for the same thing.

quickly find places a function is being called

Right-click the function name, and select "Find in Project" > "As Text".

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I have used Eclipse for C++ programming on OSX.

Xcode will compile things but is not that good at dealing with C++ namespaces it is more of a C and Objectve-C tool

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