CodeBlocks needs a painless makefile project importer, I think I am going to stick with NB where I need to import a project using only a makefile. C::B could learn something from NB!
Yes, someone should write a project template for custom makefiles, simple as that...
The thing is that C::B assumes that you know what you're doing when dealing with custom makefile projects and so the steps are no problem for you.
Importing makefile projects (turning them in C::B native projects) is pretty much impossible, one should write a make implementation to do it right.
Won't happen in C::B, 99%...
well being a Windows software developer, I could also say C::B could assume that I knows what I'm doing with Visual Studio projects, but today there is a importer to make things easy.
I don't know why I need to import a Win32 DLL project so I can work on it from Linux, with all the Win32 compiler pre-processor that don't make sense on Linux, but CB blindly & happily sets up a CB projects anyway.
the "custom" makefile is not something I created, but something someone else created, for CB to assume I know what I am doing is false
I guess what I am getting at, is when the folks at C:B change their language and possibly mindset towards creating a makefile importer, nothing will ever get done and it will always seem impossible, but it's not, unless core knowledge left CB with developers who are no longer a part of this project?
is it possible to have CB just work with a makefile project, i really don't care about having a CB project created, I just want to load said project, build it and then be able to debug the source, the makefile could be left as is.