hey Matt!

great, thanks a lot, that really helps

i'll give things a go now!

cheers,
nas


On 8/25/06, Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 24 August 2006 22:10, Nasser wrote:
> > thanks Matt, that does help.. just a little clarification needed..
> >
> > so that means if i modify the code, i do not need to do "configure
> > --prefix" etc... cool..
> >
> > now, is doing the build and install through kdevelop equivalent to
> > doing make and make install through konsole?
> >
>
> yes, it is.
>
> > in other words, will the kdevelop build and install use the
> > configuration settings i used when i configured from konsole? ..
> > because i just don't want to overwrite the distro's version of the
> > application
> >
>
> Yes, it will the same configuration settings. However, you should be sure to
> specify the same settings in KDevelop as well. There is a page in the project
> options dialog that allows you to set the parameters to pass to configure
> when you need to run it. Just look around the various kdevelop project
> options and you should be able to set things up just as if you were doing all
> of this from console.
>
> > and is the rest of my procedure fine?
> >
>
> it looks ok to me.
>
> > i'm currently looking at the KDE developer's corner website..  is
> > there other tutorial for this procedure?
> >
> > thanks a lot.
> > cheers,
> > nas
> >
> > On 8/25/06, Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 24 August 2006 21:46, Nasser wrote:
> > > > hi,
> > > >
> > > > i'm new to developing KDE and open source etc.. i'm getting the idea
> > > > slowly, but would appreciate some feedback from the pro's ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Step 1: SVN
> > > > ---------------------
> > > > yesterday, i saw an application i would like to work on, so i checked
> > > > it out of KDE svn and therefore got my own copy on my machine...
> > > >
> > > > Step 2: Configure
> > > > -------------------------
> > > > i had the original version of that application running (it came with
> > > > the distro) - and i did not want to interfere with this version...
> > > >
> > > > now, my source i checked out to /home/nas/svn/appname  and from this
> > > > folder i did  > configure --prefix=/home/nas/devel_temp/appname
> > > >
> > > > Step 3: Make and Install
> > > > -------------------------------
> > > > then, i did > make  and then > make install
> > > > this all went well (i didn't even need to be super user since it's
> > > > installing to my home folder)
> > > >
> > > > Step 4: Development Time!
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > > i opened KDevelop and told it "Project > Import Existing Project" ...
> > > > i told KDevelop where the folder was (/nas/svn/appname) (this is where
> > > > i did the configure and make and make install from, is that
> > > > correct?)...  it saw it was KDE/C++ automake project, and i did next
> > > > next etc..
> > > >
> > > > Now, where to from here?
> > > >
> > > > Step 5: I am lost here!!!
> > > > -----------------------------------
> > > > now that i have the source in /nas/svn/appname - when i modify this,
> > > > where am i supposed to compile from??
> > > >
> > > > when i make modifications, do i do "run configure" and "build project"
> > > > through KDevelop? .. or am i supposed to go to the folder again
> > > > through konsole and do the configure etc through there?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > or do i even need to do the configure? .. or just do make and make
> > > > install??
> > >
> > > if you make a modification and want to test it, you just need to do a
> > > build project through KDevelop, and then also do an install (which can be
> > > found in the build menu as well) Since you've already configured once,
> > > you shouldn't need to do it again until you modify a Makefile.am
> > >
> > > > i'm lost as to the process to go through...
> > > >
> > > > any help is greatly appreciated
> > > >
> > > > cheers,
> > > > nasser
> > >
> > > Hope this helps
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