What is a good tool to aid in browsing/following C code? [closed]

Answer 1

The Eclipse IDE is capable of working with C/C++ in addition to Java. There is a write-up on how to configure Eclipse for C/C++ development on IBM's Developer Works site.

edit: Why has this been voted down? It is a valid answer. Eclipse with the C/C++ addon will allow the question author to do what he is wanting to do. I am not the only one to have suggested, yet the others have not been voted down. So why has this one been voted down?

Answer 2

If you're looking for something simple and ubiquitous, try etags. It's not going to be as good as the heavyweight tools, but it's on pretty much everything and it works with emacs. Use ctags for vi.

Answer 3

I do a bit in the kernel space, and keep coming back the scope.

For example:

$ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-version

$ cscope -R -p4

   Find this C symbol:
   Find this function definition:
   Find functions called by this function:
   Find functions calling this function:
   Find this text string:
   Change this text string:
   Find this egrep pattern:
   Find this file:
   Find files #including this file:

I usually "live" in c-scope when working on someone elses project. I use this to open files with "gvim" (my IDE), edit things, then quit "back" to c-scope, It helps me keep task focused.

I believe that cscope can be configured to work with vim and emacs, although I've seen people use other editors also.

Best of luck to you.