Re: [cdt-dev] Getting started with CDT dev

[Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Marc Khouzam
<marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How about your first step into CDT conributions to be wiki changes?
> If you are ok with it, you can make those modifications yourself.

Yes, I logged in and will clarify the wiki as appropriate.

> It is now: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/3.8
> or probably also http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.2
>
> although I've never had to use those sites manually.  Everything
> is automatically installed when installing the platform.

Okay.  This means I will have some more homework to do regarding an
error "Execution environment references were not checked for
'org.eclipse.cdt.core' because no environment descriptions are
installed".

> A trick that I use is that I do _not_ install CDT on the eclipse
> I will work on CDT in.

If you do this, then how do you install a proper "API baseline" which
apparently requires you to install the CDT?  Do you first grab the
source, compile, and then set the "API baseline"?

Thank you,

Chris