Florian Weimer writes: > Have you got any suggestions for increasing productivity with proper > IDE support for medium-sized C and C++ code bases? > > I've got a hunch that proper browsing support (searching for > definitions/references, displaying static call trees) might help me to > navigate unfamiliar code bases, making it easier to review and apply > fixes. Ctags does not seem to be reliable enough. I would prefer > something based on a real C/C++ implementation, honoring effective > preprocessor #defines and so on. (C++ is desirable, but optional.) > > The last time I looked at Eclipse CDT, it was somewhat approximate in > nature (just like ctags). So I wonder if there are other options. My > trouble with evaluating them myself is that I often can't tell whether > a certain feature is buggy or not reliably supported, or if the > project setup is wrong and the IDE cannot extract the required data > from the source files. > > The IDE does not have to run on Debian. It can be proprietary, but > obviously, it must be possible to get a single-seat license, and it > shouldn't cost significantly more than the computer it will run.
Other options with browsing/searching support include: http://www.codeblocks.org/features http://codelite.org/Main/ReadMore I have very limited experience with them, but at least I found that searching for definitions works as expected and are generally much better than Eclipse CDT. Both have ITP's, and perhaps some old package are still hanging at mentors.debian.net for a sponsor. -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
