Using QtCreator with C/C++ compilers for PIC devices

[T3STY]

For those who don't know what PICs are, I'll tell you: they're some small chips that can be programmed (PIC = Programmable Integrated Circuit).
Now, lots of PICs can be programmed using C and C++ (like Microchip's PIC18 family). Microchip is offering XC (and XC++), a C/C++ compiler for the PIC18 family, and as far as I could understand it's basically a GCC compiler that uses Microchip's libraries.
I wasn't able yet to download the compiler and activate it on my system, but since it's a GCC compiler, do you think it could be added to QtCreator's compilers list and use QtCreator to compile the code?

[alex312]

Yes you can.
I use QtCreator for development for AVR and ARM ( cortex-m ) chips.

[T3STY]

Wow, that's great!
Are you having any issues during program development? Or does QtCreator simply work ? Are you using any particular CONFIG or ABI configuration?

[alex312]

For develop embedded soft i use generic project with custom makefile.
Some screenshoots - https://plus.google.com/photos/115211508934101813240/albums/5852533407642259617

[T3STY]

Got it, thank you for your help alex! ;)

[halfgaar]

@alex312 I'm very interested in the contents of make.sh. I tried making something like that, but It appears there is no way to pass any information from the build environment to it, like which .c files to compile.