How to "follow symbol" into c file

[bupthebroker]

Hi,
i am working on a legacy project on a legacy platform. All the definitions are in C files. The "follow symbol" option does not work.

I tried with eclipse and it is able to follow the symbols in the project.

How to make this work in QT Creator as well?

Linux Mint, QT Creator 3.2.2

Thanks!

[A Former User]

Hi! Update to the latest version of Qt Creator and try again.

[bupthebroker]

Hi,
where can i download the latest QT Creator for 32-bit Linux Mint?

Ok, tried with 4.2.1. in Windows, the issue still exists. I imported a c project an i use QT Creator just for editing. I can see that it populated the .includes fiels with all the correct directories but F2 still does not work.

[SGaist]

Hi,

There's no pre-built 32bit Linux package for Qt Creator. You'd have to build it by hand if Mint doesn't propose a more recent version.

[bupthebroker]

Hi,
i am now using Qt Creator 4.2.1. The issue still persists. I checked that all the folders that contain c files have been added to the .includes file.

Is there anything else i can do to resolve this issue? Is Qt able to handle symbol resolving if header files are not included at the top of c files?

P.S. i cannot change the way it is made, it is a legacy platform which works by including c files. The additional c files themselves don't include anything.

[SGaist]

Then that's likely a use case not supported by Qt Creator's code model.

You should bring this to the Qt Creator mailing list. You'll find there Qt Creator's developers/maintainers. This forum is more user oriented.