Re: c/c++ project management and debugging

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Jason Earl <jearl@notengoamigos.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20 2010, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Andrea Crotti
>> <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> up to now i've been using emacs for ruby on rails, i want to get setup
>>>> so i can also do c/c++ development
>>>>
>>>> i come from a visualstudio ide background for c++ stuff, how can I
>>>> setup emacs to integrate the gnu tool chain, such that i can have
>>>> emacs generate makefiles and do the builds
>>>>
>>>> also how can i get a gui like ide gdb setup for debugging code
>>>
>>> Why, does visualstudio integrates with the gnu tool chain :O?
>>> I guess not, but that's what I understood from your sentences...
>>
>> no i wanted emacs to integrate with the gnu tool chain
>>
>>> Anyway with Cedet you can do a lot of stuff.
>>> It doesn't however generats any makefile, but if you learn to write them
>>> is not time wasted at all...
>>
>> yes i already have cedet installed and working, but i would rather not
>> write makefiles by hand. i understand there is also autoconf that can
>> be used to generate makefiles, possible that's a better way to go,
>> still i don't feel like investing the time to learn about autoconf at
>> this point and time
>
> There's no reason to write Makefiles by hand now that Emacs can do it
> for you.  M-x ede-new to create a new project (choose a "Make" project),
> then M-x customize-project.  For simple projects it is tons easier than
> creating a Makefile by hand, especially considering all of the targets
> that EDE gives you for free.
>
> Plus, creating a project teaches Emacs how your project is organized.
> Not only does this allow you to easily run the build from inside Emacs,
> but it allows you to query and search your files by project as well.

Thanks Jason,

I knew there had to already be a way! What is EDE? Does it come with
CEDET or Emacs? I don't know much about CEDET yet other then I like
the syntax highlighting it gives me =)

>>> Gdb integration works quite well already, the only important
>>> parameter for gdb imho is (setq gdb-many-windows t)
>>>
>>> and then just try something you'll see if you like it.
>>
>> yes i discovered this gdb setting on the emacs-fu blog, however i have
>> 2 questions
>>
>> 1) when i have EBC opened gdb-many-windows end up looking like a mess,
>> is there a way to get it to work with EBC?
>>
>> 2) i can't figure out how to set breakpoint, can't i simple click
>> someone in the source window to add a bp?
>
> I hit C-x <space> in the source window.  There probably is a way to use
> the mouse.  To be honest, I don't use the debugger much.  I probably
> should.
>
> Jason
>



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