Andy Lester wrote:
Anyone out there using Eclipse? I figure there might be value in its
ability to handle large codebases all at once.
Any pointers for startup and using the existing parrot project?
I know Eclipse a bit from Java development. You'd probably want to
start with "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers" or "Eclipse Classic" from
<http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/>. If I got this right, all packages
contain the core platform and a set of default plugins, though you can
always change your mind what plugins you want later on. I usually start
out with "Eclipse Classic." C/C++ support lives in the CDT plugin
<http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/>. See also
<http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/compare.php>
For Subversion integration I use Subclipse
<http://subclipse.tigris.org/>. For Perl there's EPIC
<http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/>, though I have never used it. Plugins
can be installed by opening Help -> Software Updates, adding the Update
URL as Remote Site and select the plugins you want.
Eclipse projects live in a workspace, which also contains all settings.
I usually just create a workspace directory in my home directory and
make Eclipse use it by default. You can change your mind with File ->
Switch Workspace or the "-data <dir>" option on the command line. Maybe
you want a separate Parrot workspace for all Parrot related projects.
Add the project with File -> New -> Project. Give it a name and select
your Parrot directory as Location.
Workspaces are usually rebuild on change, but you can stop this by
unchecking Project -> Build Automatically.
The project settings are stored in .project and .settings in the project
directory.
That's all I can think of right now.
Ron
