Using KDevelop as your IDE

Necessary steps

If you want to code comfortable then we suggest you to use an IDE. The below steps describe how to use KDevelop as your IDE.

1. Go to the orxonox directory:

   cd ~/orxonox/trunk
   

2. Let cmake produce the basic KDevelop project file:

   cmake -GKDevelop3
   

3. Run KDevelop and open your project file (Project → Open Project)

Edit essential options

4. Go to Project→Project Options choose Run Options and change following things:

Executable	#PATH_TO_ORXONOX/bin/orxonox
Working Directory	#PATH_TO_ORXONOX/bin

5. Now choose Build Options, select Make, activate Run multiple jobs and change Simultaneous jobs (e.g. to 4)

Make KDevelop more efficient

In order to improve productivity you can activate / benefit from some features.

Shortcuts

• F8: Build the Project
• F9: Start the debugger (gdb based)
• If you want to define further shortcuts (i.e. Run Application) then you can configure them in Settings → Configure Shortcuts

Split of Header/Source files