[Qt-creator] Qt creator 2.5 code autocomplete - syntax hinting - 'intellisense'

eike.ziller at nokia.com eike.ziller at nokia.com
Fri Jul 20 12:44:45 CEST 2012


On 20 Jul 2012, at 10:00, ext Patryk Małek wrote:

> Hello again.
> 
> So what I have tried it: installed the clang and llvm packages on my ubuntu 12.04 and selected clang as my toolchain in Qt Creator

And, is that Qt Creator built from the wip/clang branch? The toolchain that you set for projects has no influence on what Qt Creator uses for parsing your code btw.

> but maybe I do not notice anything really but... nothing really changed I think. Am I missing some points here ? I realise that this has not been yet released but I thought that something will improve by changing the toolchain to clang (in case of code completion and/or code parsing, syntax highlighting. 
> 
> Is there still somebody working on this ? I have not found more up-to-date info about this than from February 2012.
> 
> Patryk
> 
> 
> 2012/7/18 André Pönitz <andre.poenitz at mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:19:37AM +0200, Patryk Małek wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have just started to use Qt Creator 2.5 on linux (ubuntu 12.04) last
> > week for my C++ project ( standard C++ project without Qt framework,
> > using cmake and make). I have used it a few years ago and now I have
> > came back to it.
> >
> > I really, REALLY like Qt Creator but I think it might/should get an
> > improvement of syntax hints/autocomplete.
> >
> > For instance, when one type std::vector<int>:: , Qt creator will not
> > prompt possible options like e.g. ::iterator or ::const::iterator.
> > Other IDEs like Netbeans, Eclipse or Visual Studio show possible
> > options correctly. The same problem occurs when one for instance has
> > a, let's say std::vector<MyObject *>, when you try then to access
> > MyObject's instance (contained in the vector) methods you will not get
> > the autocompletion. Is there a way somehow to get it 'upgraded' ?
> 
> There is the wip/clang branch aiming at using clang as C++ parser
> for Creator. For reference, see
> 
>   labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/10/19/qt-creator-and-clang/
> 
> and the thread on this list around
> 
>   http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt-creator/2012-February/000234.html
>   http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt-creator/2012-February/000251.html
> 
> Andre'
> 
> 
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> Patryk Małek
> 
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