Re: c/c++ project management and debugging

[Rajinder Yadav]

On 10-12-20 08:28 PM, Andrea Crotti wrote:
> Rajinder Yadav<devguy.ca@gmail.com>  writes:
>
>
> > yes i already have cedet installed and working, but i would rather not
> > write makefiles by hand. i understand there is also autoconf that can
> > be used to generate makefiles, possible that's a better way to go,
> > still i don't feel like investing the time to learn about autoconf at
> > this point and time
>
> There is also cmake otherwise.
> The problem is that or
> - you learn a bit the autoconf skills you need (doesn't take long)
>    and finally write your own build systems
> - you'll be stuck forever with what other people (microsoft/cedet)
>    thik is a good idea, and normally it isn't

one other point i forgot to mention with open source, you are never 
stuck with what someone else thinks "at the time" is a good idea, all 
ideas grow organically over time, just like emacs has!

unfortunately for me i cannot make a contribution to emacs due to lack 
of time and lack of skills with LISP programming, thus i can only 
encourage and shape by communication

> Using emacs I think it doesn't make any sense to look for tools that
> write makefiles for you...
>
> > yes i discovered this gdb setting on the emacs-fu blog, however i have
> > 2 questions
> >
> > 1) when i have EBC opened gdb-many-windows end up looking like a mess,
> > is there a way to get it to work with EBC?
> >
> > 2) i can't figure out how to set breakpoint, can't i simple click
> > someone in the source window to add a bp?
>
> For a breakpoint you can click, use the space bar or the standard gdb:
> "b File.cpp:#line" or "b Class::function"


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