Книга: Embedded Linux development using Eclipse

Summary

Summary

This chapter has been a quick tour of basic Eclipse concepts and operation with an emphasis on the C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) environment. We began by examining the relationship among Perspectives, Views, and Editors. A Perspective is a collection of Views and Editors organized to accomplish a specific function. Editors allow files to be opened, modified, and saved. Views support Editors by providing additional information and functionality. The selection and arrangement of Views in a Perspective can be changed at will.

The basic functionality of Eclipse, like all windowing programs, is embodied in a set of menus. We looked in detail at many menu, or action, items that are specific to Eclipse. Many of these action items also appear in the tool bar and in Context menus. Items in the tool bar may change or become active or inactive depending on which view has the focus.

Finally, we looked at some of the many configuration and customization options available in Eclipse with particular attention to some of the interesting features of the CDT editor.

The next chapter goes into more detail about the CDT environment and the nature of projects.

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