Bug 413928 - CDT project settings have confusing pages for language features
Summary: CDT project settings have confusing pages for language features
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: cdt-build (show other bugs)
Version: 8.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: cdt-build-inbox@eclipse.org CLA
QA Contact: Jonah Graham CLA
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Reported: 2013-07-29 10:23 EDT by Mikhail Barg CLA
Modified: 2020-09-04 15:18 EDT (History)
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Description Mikhail Barg CLA 2013-07-29 10:23:05 EDT 
For a time being CDT project settings contain pages which seem to have similar settings, but are different in behavior:

"C/C++ General" > "PreProcessor Include Paths, Macros, etc"
"C/C++ General" > "Paths and Symbols"
etc.

It's unclear which settings are related to MBS, which are related to getting CDT know of the external build system settings. It is completely unclear which settings are needed to make indexer be aware of the external build system configuration.

See the discussion and change proposal here: http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cdt-dev/msg26327.html

It would be also nice to have some visual explanations (tooltips, hints, etc) on what setting affect what part of the CDT infrastructure.