Re: [cdt-dev] Extending CDT for Linux desktop development

[Tom Tromey <tromey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Seth" == Seth Nickell <seth@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Seth> I'm interested in extending CDT to add support for various
Seth> systems/conventions used in developing Linux desktop
Seth> applications

Cool.

Seth> 2) Support gtk-doc for inline help on functions and types. Very similar
Seth> to javadoc support in JDT.

Chris Moller (here at Red Hat) has got this working.  There's a
property file that stores the info and he's written programs to
convert help for gtk, glibc, X11 to this format.

I know we're planning to contribute this code, but I'm not sure what
the status of that is.

Seth> 4) Something that would be good long term but I doubt I'll have time to
Seth> work on in the short term is to add full GNU autoconf/automake support.

We're looking at doing at least the minimal thing here: changing the
CDT to recognize an auto* project and set up the build commands
accordingly; also perhaps something along the lines of whatever is in
KDevelop.


Here's a few ideas for eclipse enhancements to support typical free
software development hacking that aren't only CDT-specific:

- Have a plugin that contacts SourceForge / gForge / bugzilla and
  puts your bugs into your Task list.

- See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28126
  This adds built-in support for all the common public cvs repositories.

- Glade plugin.  There's some minimal version of this already;
  see http://www.klomp.org/mark/classpath/eclipse-gnome-gij.png

- Tar file import.

Tom