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Can I use Eclipse Cpp to run and debug QT Cpp GUI code?

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    ElfMoon
    wrote on 9 Dec 2022, 08:41 last edited by ElfMoon 12 Sept 2022, 08:46
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    Eclipse Cpp has great auto formatting code, that means code display in Eclipse Cpp is more beautiful than in other IDE like QT Creator.
    Im using Eclipse for Java and I see Eclipse auto formatting code feature is great.
    Can I use Eclipse Cpp to run and debug QT Cpp GUI code?
    How to import QT library to Eclipse Cpp?
    And one more question: which is better QT 5.15.2 (I download it from 2020) and QT 5.12 in https://www.qt.io/offline-installers
    My Laptop is using Windows 8.1 and QT 6.4 dont have support for Windows 8.1.
    Old version QT 5.15.2 cannot be downloaded anymore...

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      9 Dec 2022, 08:41

      Eclipse Cpp has great auto formatting code, that means code display in Eclipse Cpp is more beautiful than in other IDE like QT Creator.
      Im using Eclipse for Java and I see Eclipse auto formatting code feature is great.
      Can I use Eclipse Cpp to run and debug QT Cpp GUI code?
      How to import QT library to Eclipse Cpp?
      And one more question: which is better QT 5.15.2 (I download it from 2020) and QT 5.12 in https://www.qt.io/offline-installers
      My Laptop is using Windows 8.1 and QT 6.4 dont have support for Windows 8.1.
      Old version QT 5.15.2 cannot be downloaded anymore...

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      Christian Ehrlicher
      Lifetime Qt Champion
      wrote on 9 Dec 2022, 10:38 last edited by
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      @ElfMoon said in Can I use Eclipse Cpp to run and debug QT Cpp GUI code?:

      Can I use Eclipse Cpp to run and debug QT Cpp GUI code?

      Yes

      How to import QT library to Eclipse Cpp?

      Just like you import any other Makefile project. Maybe there is a qmake/cmake plugin for Eclipse which you can use.

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        JoeCFD
        wrote on 9 Dec 2022, 15:16 last edited by
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        If I remember correctly, Eclipse had a plugin for Qt, but very old and it is not maintained anymore. Better to use Qt Creator. Eclipse is written in Java and pretty slow. Qt Creator is a better choice for Qt apps.

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          ElfMoon
          wrote on 13 Dec 2022, 02:33 last edited by
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          QT Creator developers please improve feature code auto-formatting for LTS QT 5.12. My Laptop run on Windows 8.1 so I cant run QT Creator 6.4.
          Please look at Eclipse and Visual Studio code auto-format feature, their feature is perfect to beautify code.

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          • E ElfMoon
            13 Dec 2022, 02:33

            QT Creator developers please improve feature code auto-formatting for LTS QT 5.12. My Laptop run on Windows 8.1 so I cant run QT Creator 6.4.
            Please look at Eclipse and Visual Studio code auto-format feature, their feature is perfect to beautify code.

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            JonB
            wrote on 13 Dec 2022, 08:15 last edited by
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            @ElfMoon
            This is a user forum. Qt company's developers do not visit here. If you want to speak to them you should use the Qt developers' list or bug site.

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              13 Dec 2022, 02:33

              QT Creator developers please improve feature code auto-formatting for LTS QT 5.12. My Laptop run on Windows 8.1 so I cant run QT Creator 6.4.
              Please look at Eclipse and Visual Studio code auto-format feature, their feature is perfect to beautify code.

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              Christian Ehrlicher
              Lifetime Qt Champion
              wrote on 13 Dec 2022, 15:27 last edited by
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              @ElfMoon said in Can I use Eclipse Cpp to run and debug QT Cpp GUI code?:

              for LTS QT 5.12. My Laptop run on Windows 8.1 so I cant run QT Creator 6.4.

              Don't know what a Qt version has to do with a QtCreator version but you can set a custom auto-formatter like e.g. clang-format with your own ruleset.

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