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User forums => Using Code::Blocks => Topic started by: theultramage on February 19, 2007, 10:00:43 pm

Title: missing features?
Post by: theultramage on February 19, 2007, 10:00:43 pm

I've been trying out CodeBlocks as a potential replacement for one well-known bloated windows IDE, but I found that it seems to lack several things

• include files crawling
  - 'find declaration' and 'find implementation' only seem to work in project's files, not included vendor files
  - seems to work for code completion, tho'
• tighter gdb integration
  - I've seen Eclipse display values of variables when hovering over them

Are these features present and I just missed them somehow? Or are they not present? If so then are they planned to be implemented?

Title: Re: missing features?
Post by: TDragon on February 19, 2007, 10:11:54 pm

Quote from: theultramage on February 19, 2007, 10:00:43 pm

- I've seen Eclipse display values of variables when hovering over them

Settings->Compiler and debugger->Debugger settings->Evaluate expression under cursor
(Note: You haven't stated which version of C::B you're using, so I assume you're using a Nightly Build (http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?board=20.0).)

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Are these features present and I just missed them somehow? Or are they not present? If so then are they planned to be implemented?

The best way to ensure that a feature is planned is to file a feature request.

Title: Re: missing features?
Post by: dje on February 19, 2007, 10:27:26 pm

Hi !

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'find declaration' and 'find implementation' only seem to work in project's files, not included vendor files

You can set include dirs in the compiler settings, either in "Settings/Compiler and debugger" or in the project Build options (Search directories/compiler)
Normally, if you can compile your file, you can use the 'Find declaration'.
It's true that the 'Find implementation' works only if function/method is implemented in the workspace (not the project).

Dje

Title: Re: missing features?
Post by: thomas on February 20, 2007, 10:05:20 am

Variable contents are shown in tool tips, if you use a recent version of Code::Blocks.

The "find declaration" feature should work with any files included in a recent version of Code::Blocks, too (although I have code completion disabled, so I cannot really tell 100% sure).

Title: Re: missing features?
Post by: theultramage on February 20, 2007, 08:41:49 pm

Mmm, CodeBlocks indeed does as you described, I was just looking elsewhere. Thank you for the info. :)

CB indeed crawls and indexes include files, but only gathers function headers. I was trying to find a class declaration.
(so, what about classes?)