Dev:Doc/IDE Configuration/Linux CMake Eclipse

Starting out

• This document assumes you have built blender using the Linux/CMake Quickstart.
• Tested with Eclipse 3.7.2

Create Project Files

Create the project files. in your existing cmake build dir run.

 cmake . -G"Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles"

Import Project

• Start Eclipse (for the first time)
• Close Welcome Screen
• File -> Import -> General -> Existing Project into Workspace
• Select root Directory (Browse to your CMake build dir)
  ... (acceps defaults), press 'Finish'

Configure Eclipse

Open preferences: (Menu) Window -> Preferences

• General -> Editors -> Text Editors
  • Enable 'Show Print Margin', set to 120
  • Enable 'Show Line Numbers'

• General -> Workspace
  • Disable 'Build Automatically'
  • Enable 'Refresh on Access'

• C/C++
  • Indexer
    • Disable 'Index Source Files not included in the build'
    • Skip Files Larger then '1'mb

(Optional)

• C/C++
  • Editor
    • Typing
      • Disable all 'Automatically Close' options.

Configure C/C++ Code Style

See: Dev:Doc/CodeStyle/Configuration#Eclipse