Re: [cdt-dev] How to create a CDT Standard Make Project

[Chris Recoskie <recoskie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree.

And don't get me started about the "No Toolchain" entry either...

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Chris Recoskie
Team Lead, IBM CDT Team
IBM Toronto
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt

"Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

"Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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05/30/2008 07:56 AM

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Hi all,
 
I just came across what I find a MAJOR hurdle for 
CDT Newbies, or people upgrading from earlier versions.
 
I wanted to create a CDT Standard Make project; looking
for the corresponding project type that used to be there,
I didn't find it so I chose "C Project". 
 
On the page where I can select Project types, I found a
folder "Makefile Project" and below it an item "Hello world
C++ Project". So, no way to create a normal Makefile
Project?
 
It took a CDT committer (Markus) to tell me that I can 
actually select the FOLDER named "Makefile Project"
and it's a valid project type. It might be obvious for 
CDT committers and power users, but I don't think that 
any newbie would ever find that out by himself. 
 
What about making the folders non-selectable and adding
separate items below them for the normal config? Or, 
going with a tree like this:
 
Managed Build Executable/
   +- CDT Executable Project
   + Examples/
         Hello World C++ Project
         ...
Managed Build Shared Library/
   + CDT Shared Library Project
Makefile project/
   + CDT Makefile Project
   + Examples/
         Hello World C++ Project
 
Or, even a tree like this:
 
Managed Build/
    + Executable
    + Shared Library
    + Static Library
    + Empty Project
    + Examples/
           Hello World C++ Project
           Hello World ANSI C Project
Makefile Project/
    + CDT Makefile Project
    + Examples/
          Hello World C++ Project
 
 
Where the folders (boldface) are not selectable but just
expandable containers for the subnodes.          
 
 
Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
 
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