C/C++ editor that can create projects from lists of files.

Question

I recently asked a question about importing from a list of source/header files in Eclipse

I haven't found a good solution to this, so I thought I'd check out other IDEs. I want an IDE that does not need to "own" everything from a top directory and down. When creating a new project I want to have a text file that lists source/header files (autogenerated by the build tool), and have the IDE create a project with those files. The only IDE I know of that does this is SlickEdit, which is great, but also rather expensive. Do you know of any other IDEs that have this feature.

Eclipse wants to own everything in the directory I pointed it to, and I haven't found a way to remove subfolders afterwards (to exclude them from search, indexing and annoying me).

Answer 1

I think CMake can be helpful for you.

Answer 2

Emacs does all this, and more. The desktop feature lets you store a set of files to load and save in a working directory, and the Emacs Code Browser (ECB) extension has support for browsing files and classes, and managing projects. It doesn't own anything, Emacs just gives you lots of tools to manipulate text in godly ways. Along with ECB, SpeedBar and a few other extensions, CEDET is an Emacs "meta"-extension which turns the venerable editor into an IDE. It even does UML!

• Emacs IDE: CEDET

Answer 3

Code::Blocks can do this for you.