[Qt-creator] Extend Qt-creator to recognize source file extension .xc

[Leandro T. C. Melo]

On 11/9/2010 8:57 AM, ext André Hartmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> first of all, I like to thank all for this great piece of software.
>
> I'm currently using Qt-creator 2.1 Beta on Windows and it works like a
> charm.
>
> We use Qt-creator for Qt development (of course) but also for
> microcontroller projects.
>
> We have a C compiler for a special coprocessor (Freescale XGate), which
> usese the extension .xc for it's source files. The source itself is pure C.
>
> I see that there is already a list of different extensions that are
> recognized as C/C++ source files, is there a easy way to extend this
> list to the .xc extension?
>
Hi André.

As you have probably seen, the extensions Creator recognizes as C or C++ 
code are specified in the file 
src/plugins/cppeditor/CppEditor.mimetypes.xml. However, this file is 
embedded as a resource. So you would have to recompile.

Concerning about whether or not this extension should be included by 
default in Creator I was wondering... Is this really because of the 
compiler or just some project convention? Just by curiosity I took a 
look at this Freescale XGate compiler manual I found on the Internet 
(http://cache.freescale.com/files/soft_dev_tools/doc/ref_manual/CW_Compiler_XGATE_RM.pdf 
- naturally, not sure if it's exactly your case) and it actually 
suggests that source files should have .c as an extension.

Regards,
Leandro.

-- 
Leandro T. C. Melo
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks

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