[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Sharing source code across projects

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert wrote:
> I am using Nios II Integrated Development Environment Version: 5.1 
> Build: 112.4.  This is a version of Eclipse used in Altera embedded 
> development.  I want to share C and h files across 2 projects.  For 
> instance, I have one project for a certain device (A) and now I am 
> starting a new project for another device (B).  I only want to copy the 
> source code from A to B which needs to be modified.  Fully 80% of the 
> code in B is an exact duplicate of what is in A.  I would like to just 
> reference the source files in A from B. 
> Is there a way to reference\include file from project A in project B 
> without creating a copy of the files?

I don't know the C/C++ tools, but with the JDT you would create a third 
project, C,  to contain the code that is shared between A and B, then 
set up both A and B to depend on C in their build paths.

Hope this helps,
	Eric