[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: Question about running scripts inside of Ec

[fstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (FStanley )]

Hello,

> I have what I consider to be a fairly run-of-the-mill question but could 
> not find an answer in any searches.  I am importing some codebases of 
> C/C++ into Galileo CDT.  One of the codebases, a small project, has 
> successfully imported and built properly.  However, to start the project 
> in an xterm, a simple shell script was written.  I am wondering if there's 
> a way to run the program inside of Eclipse without having to "escape out 
> to" the Linux desktop and do it.  (I would like to be able to double-click 
> the script or something and have the program start up its user prompt 
> inside one of Eclipse's consoles.) 

Two ways to do this. 

1. If you want to run the script every time you build

Right click on project and go to properties. Under c/C++ Build, select 
settings. Go to the Build Steps tab and add the script executable to your 
pre-build steps. Make sure that the script is on the PATH for it to run


2. If you want to choose when its run

Click on Run->External Tools->External Tools configuration. Fill in this 
page with your script's details. Once compelted, you can now run it from 
the run External Tools pull down.

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Forrest Stanley
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