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.. _build_cppeclipse:
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Cpp Eclipse Projects
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For additional information on using Eclipse CDT see
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`the MDN page
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<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Eclipse_CDT>`_.
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The build system contains alpha support for generating C++ Eclipse
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project files to aid with development.
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Please report bugs to bugzilla and make them depend on bug 973770.
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To generate a C++ Eclipse project files, you'll need to have a fully
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built tree::
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mach build
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Then, simply generate the C++ Eclipse build backend::
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mach build-backend -b CppEclipse
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If all goes well, the path to the generated workspace should be
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printed.
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To use the generated C++ Eclipse project files, you'll need to
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have a Eclipse CDT 8.3 (We plan to follow the latest Eclipse release)
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`Eclipse CDT plugin
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<https://www.eclipse.org/cdt/>`_
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installed. You can then import all the projects into Eclipse using
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*File > Import ... > General > Existing Projects into Workspace*
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-only- if you have not ran the background indexer.
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Updating Project Files
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As you pull and update the source tree, your C++ Eclipse files may
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fall out of sync with the build configuration. The tree should still
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build fine from within Eclipse, but source files may be missing and in
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rare circumstances Eclipse's index may not have the proper build
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configuration.
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To account for this, you'll want to periodically regenerate the
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C++ Eclipse project files. You can do this by running ``mach build
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&& mach build-backend -b CppEclipse`` from the
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command line.
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Currently, regeneration rewrites the original project files. **If
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you've made any customizations to the projects, they will likely get
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overwritten.** We would like to improve this user experience in the
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future.
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