how to debug source code from Google code repository

Question

I want to debug the following source code from google code repository,

http://code.google.com/p/rx/

My problem is, I am unable to find a suitable ide which can consider all the sub-folders in the source code as one complete project. I have tried netbeans C++, codeblocks, eclipse C++,etc. The problem with all of them while opening the project is that they consider all the subfolders within the main project as different projects.

Is there any ide which can be used for debugging the source code from google code repository. OR IS THERE ANY WAY OF DEBUGGING THESE PROJECTS?

Operating System: Ubuntu or Windows

Answer 1

You can create a dummy makefile :

all:
        g++ code_dir/*/*.?pp -o fake

and then import project using Makefiles. This is possible to do for kdevelop and eclipse (not sure for other IDEs).

Take a note that the above makefile imports all files with a *.?pp template from all directories in the code_dir directory.

Answer 2

You can create a new project with your favorite IDE and then import the sources manually.

You might also consider using a decent editor. Personally, I prefer vim and don't see any appealing reason to use an editor 10 times the size of the actual project.