Extensions to make C/C++ development easier?

Extensions to make C/C++ development easier?

[Stefan Arentz]

What are the favorite extensions here for making C/C++ development
easier?

I'm used to a Java IDE with symbol completion, lookup of
documentation, completion on structs/classes, etc. Are those things
available for emacs when doing C/C++ development?

 S.

Re: Extensions to make C/C++ development easier?

[Thorsten Bonow]

>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@gmail.com> writes:

    Stefan> What are the favorite extensions here for making C/C++ development
    Stefan> easier?

    Stefan> I'm used to a Java IDE with symbol completion, lookup of
    Stefan> documentation, completion on structs/classes, etc. Are those things
    Stefan> available for emacs when doing C/C++ development?

    Stefan>  S.

Hi,

this is a FAQ.

You should google for related threads or things like "semantic/cedet,
intellisense, cscope or gtags". A good starting point is the programming section
of the emacs wiki.

Toto


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Re: Extensions to make C/C++ development easier?

[Stefan Arentz]

Thorsten Bonow <thorsten.bonow@post.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

> >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>     Stefan> What are the favorite extensions here for making C/C++ development
>     Stefan> easier?
> 
>     Stefan> I'm used to a Java IDE with symbol completion, lookup of
>     Stefan> documentation, completion on structs/classes, etc. Are those things
>     Stefan> available for emacs when doing C/C++ development?
> 
>     Stefan>  S.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this is a FAQ.
> 
> You should google for related threads or things like "semantic/cedet,
> intellisense, cscope or gtags". A good starting point is the programming section
> of the emacs wiki.

I've looked at the wiki and I see many possibilities. I am however more
interested in some opinions and real world experience. What works, what
doesn't work.

 S.

Re: Extensions to make C/C++ development easier?

[Benjamin Rutt]

Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@gmail.com> writes:

> Thorsten Bonow <thorsten.bonow@post.rwth-aachen.de> writes:
>
>> >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>     Stefan> What are the favorite extensions here for making C/C++ development
>>     Stefan> easier?
>> 
>>     Stefan> I'm used to a Java IDE with symbol completion, lookup of
>>     Stefan> documentation, completion on structs/classes, etc. Are those things
>>     Stefan> available for emacs when doing C/C++ development?
>> 
>>     Stefan>  S.
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> this is a FAQ.
>> 
>> You should google for related threads or things like "semantic/cedet,
>> intellisense, cscope or gtags". A good starting point is the programming section
>> of the emacs wiki.
>
> I've looked at the wiki and I see many possibilities. I am however more
> interested in some opinions and real world experience. What works, what
> doesn't work.

In my experience just etags and dabbrev really work among your list
above.  I never had any real luck with semantic for C++.  I use my
package msf-abbrev to make C++ as well as other development easier for
anything repetitious.
-- 
Benjamin Rutt

Re: Extensions to make C/C++ development easier?

[robert.thorpe]

Stefan Arentz wrote:
> What are the favorite extensions here for making C/C++ development
> easier?
>
> I'm used to a Java IDE with symbol completion,

For all completion I use M-/ which works in most cases.  Explore the
variables around abbrev and dabbrev to customize these things the way
you want them.

> lookup of
> documentation,

In Emacs that is C-h C-i.  It drops you into the relevant info files.
If you're using Windows where the info file tree isn't populated then
try downloading them from the web.  The Glibc manual is the most useful
if you're doing C.

For lookup of functions I use M-. and etags.  I put "etags *.c *.h"
into the build system for this.

> completion on structs/classes, etc.

That isn't available in standard Emacs.  There is a mode available as
part of ECB which is a package you can download, I've never used it
myself.

Ebrowse, which comes with Emacs, can be useful for C++.