On 1 September 2016 at 00:55, Thomas Martitz <ku...@rockbox.org> wrote: > Am 31.08.2016 um 16:52 schrieb Lex Trotman: >> >> On 1 September 2016 at 00:43, Thomas Martitz <ku...@rockbox.org> wrote: >>> >>> Am 31.08.2016 um 16:39 schrieb Matthew Brush: >>>> >>>> >>>> I can't speak to all compiler libraries, but at least libclang, >>>> libpython >>>> and libvala "compile" the source (well just the front-end of the >>>> compiler is >>>> needed). They literally use the built-in compiler front ends to >>>> understand >>>> the code. In the case of libclang, it additionally provides helpful >>>> methods >>>> for performing IDE-related features on the AST, while say with libvala, >>>> the >>>> ft-plugin would be required to perform it's own analysis of the AST to >>>> implement those feaures, which is still a lot less work than in Geany/TM >>>> since it has access to the full AST/context and the ft-plugin need not >>>> fear >>>> encoding language specific semantics into its logic. >>> >>> >>> How do you pass {C,CXX,CPP}FLAGS to libclang? And where do you get them >>> from? >> >> Libclang needs the full-fat build knowledge that "project" systems on >> other IDEs provide. Another reason to keep it separate from Geany. > > > So one would have to adjust the build settings and one or more ft-plugins > all the time?
I am guessing that one of the reasons Matthew mentioned build settings access in #1195 is so that the plugins with complex build requirements can set Geany's simple build system to match their complex one. > > IMO, complex build system integration is out of scope for ft-plugins. But I > see that not all features can be supported properly without build system. I am not sure I understand you? That sounds like you are saying that plugins cannot be allowed to have complex build systems inside the plugin for its own use, or do I misunderstand? > > > Best regards > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.geany.org > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel