haiku/docs/develop/build/ide.rst
Alexander von Gluck IV 3634f14235 docs/develop/ide: A quick guide for haiku code completion
* Works under a Linux "cross-compile" environment
* We can't check in compile_commands.json unforunetly because it
  highly depends on your build environment
* An in-tree .clangd is a thing, but our includes are complex
  and directory-spefific.
* Thanks to Pulkomandy for adding the flag to jam to do this!

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Reviewed-by: Alex von Gluck IV <kallisti5@unixzen.com>
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Using an IDE
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Live Code Analysis
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While developing the Haiku codebase, it is possible to generate an inventory of compile commands
by passing the **-c** flag to jam. The resulting **compile_commands.json** document will assist
tools such as clangd_ in live analyzing our source code.
.. code-block::
:caption: Generating the **compile_commands.json** for clangd:
$ mkdir generated.clangd && cd generated.clangd
$ configure --build-cross-tools x86_64 --cross-tools-source ../../buildtools
$ jam -anc @nightly-anyboot
$ ln -sr compile_commands.json ../compile_commands.json
When you use an editor which supports clangd_ such as helix_ or vim_ (with the clangd plugin),
clangd_ will have knowledge of the relevant include paths and build flags for every source file
within the Haiku codebase.
.. TIP::
When new source code files are added, you will need to run though the process above for a
complete database.
.. _helix: http://helix-editor.com
.. _vim: http://vim.org
.. _clangd: http://clangd.llvm.org