[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Paths & Symbols

["Walter Harley" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert Waltz" <robertrwaltz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> My first shot at coding C++ with eclipse.
>
> Installed Mingw
> Installed CDT
>
> Eclipse works well (Done alot of work in Java).
>
> Simple Hello world project and I can't add include paths.
>
> properties->C/C++ General->Paths and Symbols->Includes->Add
> I use the browser to point to C:/Mingw/include but it doesn't take when I 
> hit "Apply".  some dialog flashes but before I can read it it's gone and 
> nothing is in the include list.  I've been able to add library paths fine, 
> this should work the same, shouldn't it?
>
> Also, have a red X on the project, but no file.  Problems window shows an 
> error for make:***[src/main.o] Error 1, line 0
>
> Extremely frustrated - I must have something wrong because I'm sure 
> everyone else in the world is adding paths....


Is there anything in the Eclipse error log?

Any possibility that maybe a file is inadvertently read-only, settings 
directory doesn't have write permissions, etc.?