diff --git a/.config/nvim/after/plugin/tagbar.vim b/.config/nvim/after/plugin/tagbar.vim
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+" adapted from https://gist.github.com/jbolila/7598018
+let g:tagbar_type_perl = {
+    \ 'ctagstype'   : 'Perl',
+    \ 'kinds' : [
+        \ 'p:packages:1:0',
+        \ 'u:uses:1:0',
+        \ 'r:requires:1:0',
+        \ 'e:extends',
+        \ 'w:roles',
+        \ 'o:ours:1:0',
+        \ 'c:constants:1:0',
+        \ 'f:formats:1:0',
+        \ 'a:attributes',
+        \ 'm:methods',
+        \ 's:subroutines',
+        \ 'x:modifier',
+        \ 'l:aliases',
+        \ 'd:pod:1:0',
+    \ ],
+    \ 'deffile' : stdpath("config") . '/tagbar/perl.cnf'
+\ }
+
+let g:tagbar_type_elixir = {
+  \ 'ctagstype' : 'Elixir',
+  \ 'kinds' : [
+    \ 'm:modules:1:0',
+    \ 'r:records',
+    \ 'f:functions',
+    \ 'a:macros',
+    \ 'o:operators',
+    \ 'p:protocols',
+    \ 'i:implementations',
+    \ 'd:delegates',
+    \ 'c:callbacks',
+    \ 'e:exceptions',
+  \ ],
+\ }
+
+" https://github.com/jstemmer/gotags
+let g:tagbar_type_go = {
+	\ 'ctagstype' : 'go',
+	\ 'kinds'     : [
+		\ 'p:package',
+		\ 'i:imports:1',
+		\ 'c:constants',
+		\ 'v:variables',
+		\ 't:types',
+		\ 'n:interfaces',
+		\ 'w:fields',
+		\ 'e:embedded',
+		\ 'm:methods',
+		\ 'r:constructor',
+		\ 'f:functions'
+	\ ],
+	\ 'sro' : '.',
+	\ 'kind2scope' : {
+		\ 't' : 'ctype',
+		\ 'n' : 'ntype'
+	\ },
+	\ 'scope2kind' : {
+		\ 'ctype' : 't',
+		\ 'ntype' : 'n'
+	\ },
+	\ 'ctagsbin'  : 'gotags',
+	\ 'ctagsargs' : '-sort -silent'
+\ }
+
+" https://github.com/wsdjeg/mdctags.rs
+let g:tagbar_type_markdown = {
+  \ 'ctagsbin'  : 'mdctags',
+  \ 'ctagsargs' : '',
+  \ 'sort'      : 0,
+  \ 'kinds'     : [
+  \     'a:h1:0:0',
+  \     'b:h2:0:0',
+  \     'c:h3:0:0',
+  \     'd:h4:0:0',
+  \     'e:h5:0:0',
+  \     'f:h6:0:0',
+  \ ],
+  \ 'sro'        : '::',
+  \ 'kind2scope' : {
+  \     'a' : 'h1',
+  \     'b' : 'h2',
+  \     'c' : 'h3',
+  \     'd' : 'h4',
+  \     'e' : 'h5',
+  \     'f' : 'h6',
+  \ },
+  \ 'scope2kind' : {
+  \     'h1' : 'a',
+  \     'h2' : 'b',
+  \     'h3' : 'c',
+  \     'h4' : 'd',
+  \     'h5' : 'e',
+  \     'h6' : 'f',
+  \}
+\}