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Dmitry Markman - 20 May 2005 07:15 GMT

Hi, maybe it's a stupid question
But how I can setup CW 9.5 that it will search for function's and macros
definitions
For example I want to find FOUR_CHAR_CODE macro definition
I remember in 8.3 all macros and system function were highlighted blue
But in 9.5 all highlighting is gone
What I have to do to index all headers

Interesting that sometimes I can see it in 9.5
But after compilation it disappears

Thanks

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MW Ron - 20 May 2005 19:52 GMT

>Hi, maybe it's a stupid question
>But how I can setup CW 9.5 that it will search for function's and macros
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>
>Thanks

It sounds like the preferences were changed when you updated to 9.5.

check your target and see if you have the language parser or the
compiler in the Build Extras settings . If it is the compiler and you
have a precompiled header then those in the precompiled header won't
show up. If it is language parser they should show up.

A trick if yu want the compiler setting is to go to the Find Libraries
in the Other Metrowerks Tools folder and with the file carbonlib in that
add it to your colorized list. It will then list the Carbon functions.
etc.

Ron

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Dmitry Markman - 21 May 2005 03:46 GMT

Thank you very much for your answer

Here is what I did
1. I had Language parser options, so I switched to the compiler pressed
button save
2. immediately after that I switched back to the Language parser and pressed
button save. I saw as at the bottom status line info about parsing headers
After parsing was finished I was able to see all carbon functions coloring
And everything was fine
3. I built my project and after that all coloring gone
And I wasn't able to find definitions too

I trashed Metrowerks folder from ~/Library/Preferences folder
But that didn't help

I did that trick with carbonlib so now I can see coloring but I still can
not find definition: I can see but I can not touch :-(

Thanks again for your answer

On 5/20/05 2:52 PM, in article mwron-64E574.14523020052005@news.newsguy.com,

>> Hi, maybe it's a stupid question
>> But how I can setup CW 9.5 that it will search for function's and macros
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>
> Ron

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larry@skytag.com - 21 May 2005 15:03 GMT

It's obviously a bug in CW, and it's been a bug for a long time.
Sometimes you lose the coloring and go-to capability and it usually
comes back at some point for no apparent reason. At least that's how it
works for me.

Larry

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Dmitry Markman - 22 May 2005 02:32 GMT

I think I know workaround for that issue:

If I put #include into my source file (I do have precompiled headers,
So I didn't have includes in my source file), then I got coloring
And ability to find definitions

For example, I added the following includes to my file:
#include <IOKit/IOKitKeys.h>
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
#include <IOKit/IOBSD.h>
#include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
#include <CoreFoundation/CFBase.h>
#include <CoreFoundation/CFString.h>

And all related functions and data type became blue and I could right click
and go to the definition

Thanks

On 5/21/05 10:03 AM, in article
1116684182.346272.28750@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "larry@skytag.com"

> It's obviously a bug in CW, and it's been a bug for a long time.
> Sometimes you lose the coloring and go-to capability and it usually
> comes back at some point for no apparent reason. At least that's how it
> works for me.
>
> Larry

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MW Ron - 22 May 2005 19:48 GMT

>I think I know workaround for that issue:
>
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>And all related functions and data type became blue and I could right click
>and go to the definition

Hmm, I wonder if the require framework style includes is different in
the precompiled header and your project if that has something to do
with it.

Glad you have it working.

Ron

>Thanks
>
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>>
>> Larry

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MW Ron - 22 May 2005 19:44 GMT

>It's obviously a bug in CW, and it's been a bug for a long time.
>Sometimes you lose the coloring and go-to capability and it usually
>comes back at some point for no apparent reason. At least that's how it
>works for me.
>
>Larry

Hi Larry,

I don't know what this is, I don't think it is a bug in CW, it sounds
like a conflict of some sort with another TSR or something. Do you have
any special software running. desktop enhancers, spell checkers ,
quick keys etc?

Ron

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larry@skytag.com - 23 May 2005 08:04 GMT

No desktop enhancers, no spelling checkers, no QuickKeys. I just think
CW needs to go through some sequence of events before it gets
everything figured out. I consider it a bug, but I've never pinned down
exactly when it happens, in part because it only happens in conjunction
with having to recompile my entire project (but not every time I do
that), and that takes too long for me to spend a lot of time trying
different scenarios to come up with a reproducible case. Eventually it
fixes itself, but I can't tell you what triggers that either.

Larry

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MW Ron - 23 May 2005 15:32 GMT

>No desktop enhancers, no spelling checkers, no QuickKeys. I just think
>CW needs to go through some sequence of events before it gets
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>different scenarios to come up with a reproducible case. Eventually it
>fixes itself, but I can't tell you what triggers that either.

The only possible way to find this, if it is a bug, is for us to get a
hundred reports and see if we can narrow it down to some common
denominator. Something that happens on occasion and is only reported
by one person is totally impossible to find. I'm not saying it is not a
bug, but it may be unique to a limited number of users.

Ron

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Definition search in CW9.5