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

[Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > 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.
> > 

Or maybe as an import wizard. Or as you say, extend the CDT to recognize an autoconf
project, and run the appropriate configury. Maybe even a really basic run "configure".
The RPM plug-in does that to a an extent (within the confines of a SPEC file). 

It would be neat to see an autoconf project turned into a managed make project ;)

regards

phil


On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:17, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "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
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