CDT Tasks

Table of Contents

• Creating a project


• Creating a project via a project template


• Work with C or C++ project files
• Display file members in the C/C++ Projects view
• Converting a C or C++ nature for a project
• Create a C/C++ file
• Create a makefile
• Hide files of a given type
• Converting CDT 1.x Projects
• Converting CDT 2.x Managed Make Projects
• Adding Convert to a C/C++ Make Project to the New menu


• Write code
• Customize the C/C++ editor
• Comment out code
• Working with Content Assist
• Using Content Assist
• Creating and editing templates
• Importing and exporting templates
• Shift lines of code to the left or right
• Navigate to C/C++ declarations by name
• Refactoring
• Rename
• Toggle Function Definition


• Building projects
• Renaming a project
• Defining Project Build settings
• Adding and Editing Build Variables
• Tuning Error Parsers
• Selecting a binary parser
• Adding Include paths and symbols
• Selecting a project type
• Building Manually
• Removing Build Automatically
• Autosaving on a build
• Creating a make target
• Creating Project References
• Customizing the Console view
• Tracking down compilation errors
• Jumping to errors
• Filtering the Problems view


• Running and debugging projects
• Creating or editing a run/debug configuration
• Selecting a run or debug configuration
• Creating a run or debug configuration
• Selecting an application to run or debug
• Specifying execution arguments
• Setting environment variables
• Defining debug settings
• Specifying the location of source files
• Specifying the location of the run configuration
• Debugging
• Debugging a program
• Debugging an existing executable
• Using breakpoints, watchpoints, and breakpoint actions
• Controlling debug execution
• Stepping into assembler funcitons
• Working with variables
• Adding expressions
• Working with registers
• Working with memory


• Searching the CDT
• Selection Searching for C/C++ elements
• Setting Source Folders