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The User Manual to KDevelop

The Reference Guide to the KDevelop Integrated Development Environment for Unix Systems, Version 2.1

Ralf Nolden <nolden@kde.org>The KDevelop Team
Version 2.1 , Dec 2, 2001

This handbook itself is part of the KDevelop Integrated Development Environment and is therefore also licensed under the GNU General Public License; see Copyright for more information.

1. Introduction

1.1 Changes
1.2 About this Handbook
1.3 About the KDevelop Project
1.4 Printed Versions

2. Installation

2.1 How to obtain KDevelop
2.2 Requirements
2.3 Compilation and Installation
2.4 Starting KDevelop
2.5 The Installation Program

3. Programs

3.1 The Compiler
3.2 Make and Makefiles
3.3 Configure
3.4 Debugging

4. Development with KDevelop

4.1 What are KDevelop Project Applications ?
4.2 Short Description of KDevelop's Tools
4.3 The Development Process
4.4 Additional Information

5. Overview

5.1 Main Window
5.2 The Class Browser and Fileviewers
5.3 Output window
5.4 Menubar Commands
5.5 Toolbar Items
5.6 Keyboard Shortcuts

6. The Help System

6.1 The "What's this ?"-Button and Quickhelp
6.2 The Statusbar Help
6.3 Configuring the HTML Browser
6.4 Using the Documentation Browser

7. Working with the Editor

7.1 Managing Project Files
7.2 Navigating within Files
7.3 Working with Keyboard Shortcuts
7.4 Edit Windows Settings
7.5 Searching and Replacing
7.6 Printing

8. Projects

8.1 Projecttypes
8.2 New Projects
8.3 Opening and Closing of Projects
8.4 Editing a Project
8.5 Project Hacking
8.6 Compiler and Linker Flags for Projects
8.7 External Projects
8.8 Building Distributions

9. Build Settings

9.1 General Options
9.2 Compiler Options
9.3 Compiler Warnings
9.4 Linker Options
9.5 Make Options

10. Crosscompiling

10.1 Setup
10.2 Qt/Embedded
10.3 Qt Palmtop Enviroment

11. The Class Browser

11.1 The Classviewer
11.2 The Classtools
11.3 Managing Classes

12. Using Qt Designer in your Project

12.1 Create a new dialog with the Designer
12.2 Using your new dialog inside KDevelop
12.3 Dialing with virtual slots

13. The Internal Debugger

13.1 Setup
13.2 Using the internal debugger
13.3 The floating toolbar
13.4 Shared libraries and breakpoints

14. CVS Integration

14.1 Creating a Repository
14.2 Enabling CVS Support
14.3 Using CVS Commands

15. General Configuration

15.1 Configuring the Tools Menu
15.2 File Viewer Options
15.3 KDevelop Setup
15.4 Changing Keyboard Shortcuts
15.5 Documentation
15.6 Debugger
15.7 Setting Paths