[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: Excluding files from searches?

[aegges@xxxxxx (Axel Mueller)]

Mike Feher wrote:

> One last question for the day...I am trying to exclude a lot of files from 
> text/symbol searches in my C/C++ codebase.  For example, I don't want to 
> hunt through libraries, binaries, .svn-base files, etc. for symbols.  Is 
> there a way to limit text *and* code searches to just files of a given 
> type?  It seems like at first glance, I can only do this for code searches.

> Thanks,
> Mike
If you do a simple file search (not C/C++ search) you can give a list of 
filename patterns (e.g. *.cpp,*.h). The C/C++ looks by definition only in 
source files for symbols/references.

It is in both cases possible to limit the search to the current project or 
a working set (If you have a very large project I would suggest to create 
some working sets. IMHO, they are very helpful. Not only for searching.).

If your compiled binaries/object files are in a specific folder you can 
change the properties of this folder. Set the flag "Derived". Then Eclipse 
will exclude this folder (and all of its children) from any search.

You should also have a look at the your project properties. In C/C++ 
General->Paths and Symbols you can define where your source code lies and 
where your (generated) binaries are. Defining this properly will speed up 
things. The indexer looks only in source code folders and the binary 
parser (invoked after every build) will only parse the specified output 
folders.

 Axel