I like this approach but I don't see how to compile an entire project
and if/or you keep up with the changes for a recompile.
The Zeus design assumes you already have some sort of working build process. For example your build process could be as simple as a batch file or as complicate as a set of make files or maybe even some other third party build tool.
Provided you currently have a way to build your project from the command line, you easily incorporate this build process into Zeus using the
Workspace Options menu and entering the build command line into the
Make Command Line entry field of the
Project panel.
The build process can the be run from within Zeus using the
Workspace, Make menu with the resulting output being captured to the Zeus project window.
Note that there are in fact three build command line options,
Make,
Rebuild and
Clean and these correspond to the
Workspace menus of the same name. The project settings are also divided into
Release and
Debug configurations (ie see top left corner drop down found in the
Workspace Options dialog) and you can set the currently active configuration using the
Workspace, Select Active Poject menu. So all in all there are
six build command lines available for use
Also note that the
Workspace Options menu contains a
Compiler panel and this can be used to define the command line required to compile and individual file. So the project panel defines how to build all the files in the project, but the compiler panel defines how to compile just one file.
There is also a
Compiler command line option found in the
Options, Document Type menu and this is here specifically to allow a file to be compiled without having to first define a Project/Workspace.
For example when any file is compiled, Zeus first check to see if the file is part of the currently active Project/Workspace. If so it uses the compiler command line options found in the workspace. If the file is not part of the project workspace, the compiler options found in the
Document Type will be used to compile the file.
For more details on how this all works refer to these links:
Also, I'm having a problem figuring out how to configure for GDB.
There is the
zDebugger\xdbGcc.html file found in the Zeus install directory that shows how to use the GDB debugger from within Zeus.
The debugger support in Zeus is quite and old feature and definitely needs some re-work
But based on the limited feedback I have had regarding this feature (compared to other Zeus features), I am not sure if this is a widely feature
Feel free to comment on what could be better with the current debugger support. All user suggestion make their way to the Zeus todo list and in most cases they eventually make their way into the editor.
Cheers Jussi