[cdt-debug-dev] enable binary parsers without C/C++ MakeProjectNature

["Øyvind Harboe" <oyvind.harboe@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello,
>
> I am the project lead for the GNATbench plug-in for Eclipse, a plug-in similar
> in flavor to the CDT but for GNU Ada 95 and Ada 2005 (ie, GNAT).
>
> We have our users install the CDT for the sake of the debugger interface but we
> would like to avoid setting the required natures when creating projects because
> doing so adds interfaces that may confuse users.
>
> Specifically, we currently include the following when configuring our Ada projects:
>
>         CProjectNature.addCNature(...);
>         MakeProjectNature.addNature(...);
>         ScannerConfigNature.addScannerConfigNature(...);
>
> Without these natures, users cannot configure the binary parser to recognize our
> executables when creating a new debug configuration and so no configuration can
> be created.
>
> I'm wondering if you have any suggestions for how we can work around this issue.

Zylin Embedded CDT 4.0 (cdt-contrib) supports project- and binaryless
debugging.

http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cdt-debug-dev/msg01781.html

http://www.zylin.com/embeddedcdt.html

The current implementation is hairy, but if there is interest and
development resources available to do projectless debugging, then I
don't think it would be *very* hard to wean CDT off it's project +
binary dependance to create a debug session. GDB has no such
depenency, so CDT shouldn't either as it breaks e.g. Ada, Fortran,
Cobol and D debugging and embedded debugging. :-)

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Øyvind Harboe
http://www.zylin.com - eCos ARM & FPGA  developer kit