[Qt-creator] Using QtCreator without GCC installed, which toolchain to configure?

[André Pönitz]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 01:45:33PM +0300, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using a generic project to navigate trough the code of an
> embedded C/C++ application. QtCreator generated a project file, and I
> am able to navigate the code and compile the project using a special
> command line. 
> 
> Two problems:
> 
> 1) Code completion is not working at all. As there is no toolchain
> detected by the IDE (no gcc, clang on this computer). I added a random
> toolkit (RVCT for ARM6) without pointing the configuration to a
> specific library. Now parting start, but does not "end", the progress
> bar does not advance more then the 3/4 of the whole progress.

Is RVCT in that case really a "random" choice, or is it the closest
in behaviour to you real compiler?

> 2) When I compile using the external toolchain - it would be nice if
> the IDE would jump to errors found in the output. I understand that
> the only way to fix this right now is to code C++... is it possible to
> have a more generic approach to this? Is anyone working on this
> feature, has it been requested at all?

Implementing some "ToolChain" interface is pretty generic.

Do you want some intermediate XML or whatever description format
that is read in and interpreted at runtime?

Andre'