Some help with launch configurations

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 10.07.09 12:08:03, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Friday 10 July 2009 Kishore wrote:
> > I am currently unable to understand the concept of launch configurations. Is 
> > there a document that explains this? Or could come dev be kind enough to 
> > explain the concept. The final plan and the current state?
> 
> Hmm, somebody probably should write this up, with rationale and what not.
>  
> > One of the main confusions i have is the difference between "Project Target" 
> > and "Executable". No matter which target (library or executable in the 
> > project) that i specify in "Project Target" it always shows in red. 
> 
> This is probably some bug -- are you using cmake as build system?

Note that you really need to specify the target, not just the folder. So
for example to start kdevelop (where the executable target is 'kdevelop' in
the folder "app" in the kdevelop project) it is:

kdevelop/app/kdevelop

However I'm pretty sure that project target doesn't work with custom
makefiles as that project type has no information about the targets that
exist in the project. 

> > What is 
> > the meaning of Launch mode: "Execute" vs "Debug"? etc.
> 
> In the dialog or in the menu? I am not exactly sure about dialog -- that
> combo appears to only select what settings you want to edit -- it does not
> change how the launch configuration is launched -- you pick the relevant
> item from the menu. However, it's a bit confusing to myself, too.
> Andreas, can you clarify what this combobox is supposed to mean?

The combobox in the dialog is indeed there to enable certain configuration
options for the various launch modes. For example in "Execute" mode I only
need a very simple set of things to define, for "Debug" (usually with gdb)
I additionally want to define gdb options. To profile the same app with say
valgrind memcheck I again need other options.

So the combobox just allows to switch between the different launch modes
and the additional config options that are supplied for a launch mode. I'm
open for suggestions on improving the Ui though.

Andreas

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