What This Manual Contains
This user manual is intended to describe the contents and use of the KDevelop 3.1.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from a user's point of view. It is not a programming manual, nor does it describe the development process in detail. Its only aim is to guide you in the handling of the IDE.
Here you will find information on the following topics:
Gives you a quick start on the use of this IDE, introducing the basic steps of how to work on a project.
Extends the guided tour in the previous chapter, giving an overall view of what is built-in within KDevelop and gets you acquainted with the look and feel of this IDE.
Shows how you can tailor the IDE to suit your needs.
Describes the basics of how to set up a new project in KDevelop using the built-in Application Wizard.
All you need to write your source files: using the editor, searching for text both locally and project-wide, up to integrating new files and classes into the project.
Demonstrates various tools to look at the structure of your project and how to access the files you want to work with.
Describes one of the most powerful tools of KDevelop which lets you navigate through class dependencies and allows you to easily create and access the classes and methods you need.
Shows how to access the rich built-in documentation KDevelop provides and tells you how to create documentation of your project, concise and powerful API documentation providing you an overall view of all your project sources as well as docbook-based user documentation.
Deals with the creation and management of your project; describing the basics of autoconf and automake as well as how to set up custom make files and how to use compiler or make options to tailor your application to suit your needs.
Looks at ways to keep multiple build configurations, to cross-compile for diverse platforms, or to make an embedded system using the Qt/embedded library.
Describes how to use the integrated gdb debugger interface so you can hunt down bugs without leaving KDevelop.
Tells you how you can maintain your project using the CVS versioning system; a must, especially if many developers work on the same project.
Some commonly used information has been put into the appendix. Amongst others this consists of:
Tells you where to obtain KDevelop and how to get it up and running.
A quick reference to commonly used commands and actions. And a short guide to solve common problems when working with KDevelop.
A historical overview of UNIX® program development, the main tools necessary and why you need an IDE.
Lists the files KDevelop uses to save its internal information. This is particularly useful in case something went wrong with your setup.
Lists the pluggable tools you can use to taylor the capabilities of KDevelop to your needs.
Shows user interface modes.
Getting Information, reporting Bugs etc.
Shows the history of this documentation.
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