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Yes, this is an old old old topic.
Some quick questions --
-- is anybody still using Eclipse? If so, which versions?
-- what's your java version?
-- what are your development platform processor and memory amounts?
On 12/19/2013 06:15 AM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 17.12.2013 09:58, Andre Fischer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> About a week or so ago I tried again to import the OpenOffice source
>> code into Eclipse. The last time I tried that, a few years ago, this
>> did not work at all. Our source code was just to big and too complex.
>> This time however, it worked out of the box. If you do it right :-) The
>> developers of the CDT (the C/C++ Development Tooling) have made great
>> progress in the last years.
>>
>> As this allows newcomers a much easier way to become OpenOffice
>> developers and also can make the work of experienced developers more
>> productive I would like to share how to set up Eclipse for OpenOffice.
>> This process is still a bit rough around the edges. Any help is
>> appreciated.
>>
>> I have started a Wiki page [1] which explains the manual setup. It
>> should work on all platforms but at the moment only Windows is
>> described. Maybe you can help to fill in missing values for other
>> platforms. I am working on a few Eclipse plugins to automate this
>> process:
>>
>> - A wizard for setting up an Eclipse workspace. The prototype has just
>> to be pointed to the (compiled) source code. It will then collect all
>> the necessary include paths and set the necessary compiler defines so
>> that the indexer can resolve even the platform dependent definitions.
>> This is important because even something as simple as sal_Int16 will not
>> be recognized without the indexer being told about platform specific
>> preprocessor defines.
>>
>> - The idea of CDT about how C/C++ files are built is different from how
>> OpenOffice does it. Therefore I am developing a short term solution
>> that provides a couple of buttons/menu entries/whatever will be
>> appropriate to build the current module, directory or file and then
>> deploy the new libraries into an installed office.
>>
>>
>> Here are some highlight of what Eclipse and CDT allow us to do:
>>
>> - Easily switch between header and implementation file.
>>
>> - Follow header inclusion (just Ctrl-click on an #include statement and
>> the referenced header file is opened in the editor.
>>
>> - Get information about variables and classes by simply hovering over
>> their names. A popup box shows you the variable definition or the class
>> implementation. That is something you have to see to believe it.
>>
>> - Find out from where a function or method is called
>>
>> - Explore the type hierarchy of a class.
>>
>> - Macro expansion. Hover over a macro use and see the expansion of it,
>> several iterations if necessary. Ever wanted to know how IMPL_LINK is
>> defined? Just move your mouse pointer over it.
>>
>> - Code assist while typing. Define a variable, eg.
>> ::rtl::OUString sText
>> Then type "sText.", wait a little (default is 500ms) and a box shows
>> you all the available methods of OUString.
>>
>> - An overview at the right side shows you all the functions, methods,
>> includes, macro defines etc, that are made in the currently edited
>> file. Click on one and jump to the corresponding source code.
>>
>>
>> All of this may sound familiar to Java developers. But for C++,
>> especially for OpenOffice, I think this is quite remarkable.
>>
>
> Yes, it is - I will definitely try it out.
>
> Thanks for the sharing your findings.
>
>
> Best regards, Oliver.
>
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