Re: c/c++ project management and debugging

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 =)

ok I just realized EDE is at the top of CEDET home poage, will take
another look at this project feature!

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