Coming from KScope, then how to use serach in Eclipse?

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Coming from KScope, then how to use serach in Eclipse?

I installed Eclipse (Galileo) and CDT on my Linux platfrom to replace KScope. I imported my project by creating a clean Makefile Project.

In KScope, I could right-click on a variable, function, whatever and quickly search for references, etc. If I do the same in Eclipse, it does not work, except if I do a Search Text. But then, Eclipse does a linear File Search, which is very slow and which misses for some reasons (because of #ifdef's ?) the correct line numbers.

Can somebody advice me how to - how to update the index database of a C-Project, or - how to speed up the search?

Or is there a Plugin that provides same or similar functionalities as in KScope?

Thanks,

Stefan

Try F3 or click on the variable/etc. with the left mouse button while you press Ctrl.

[EDIT] [stefangachter]1 found something else:

I figured out that Eclipse switches off the live parsing for huge files (see Window | Preferences | C/C++ | Editor | Scalability). Therefore, the live parsing did not work for certain files. So, if you have problems with live parsing, then check the scalability options.

Aaron Digulla 2010-03-25 14:13:35

Thanks for the reply. However, when I do that, I get the message 'Could not find symbol in index'. So, how can I update the index accordingly?

stefangachter 2010-03-30 08:50:45

It should do that automatically. Are you using the latest version of CDT? Can Eclipse build the project without errors?

Aaron Digulla 2010-03-30 14:37:06

Yes, it compiles the Makefile project without any errors. Actually, I recreated the project and the indexer run anew. Now, for certain functions, the F3 works, but for others not. I don't understand yet, why certain functions are out of scope.

stefangachter 2010-03-31 14:21:08

Odd. Add a space to a file which contains a missing function, then save. That should trigger the index. Check that F3 works inside the file. Then try it in a different file.

Aaron Digulla 2010-04-01 09:56:31

Thanks. It works now, except for some #defines.

stefangachter 2010-04-13 12:55:05

I figured out that Eclipse switches off the live parsing for huge files (see Window | Preferences | C/C++ | Editor | Scalability). Therefore, the live parsing did not work for certain files. So, if you have problems with live parsing, then check the scalability options.

stefangachter 2010-07-19 12:58:23

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