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diff --git a/docs/markdown/IDE-integration.md b/docs/markdown/IDE-integration.md index 7e046c6..7258f56 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/IDE-integration.md +++ b/docs/markdown/IDE-integration.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +--- +short-description: Meson's API to integrate Meson support into an IDE +... + # IDE integration Meson has exporters for Visual Studio and XCode, but writing a custom backend for every IDE out there is not a scalable approach. To solve this problem, Meson provides an API that makes it easy for any IDE or build tool to integrate Meson builds and provide an experience comparable to a solution native to the IDE. @@ -6,7 +10,7 @@ The basic tool for this is a script called `mesonintrospect.py`. Some distro pac The first thing to do when setting up a Meson project in an IDE is to select the source and build directories. For this example we assume that the source resides in an Eclipse-like directory called `workspace/project` and the build tree is nested inside it as `workspace/project/build`. First we initialise Meson by running the following command in the source directory. - meson build + meson builddir For the remainder of the document we assume that all commands are executed inside the build directory unless otherwise specified. @@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ The next thing to display is the list of options that can be set. These include To set the options, use the `mesonconf.py` binary. -Compilation and unit tests are done as usual by running the `ninja` and `ninja test` commands. A JSON formatted result log can be found in `workspace/project/build/meson-logs/testlog.json`. +Compilation and unit tests are done as usual by running the `ninja` and `ninja test` commands. A JSON formatted result log can be found in `workspace/project/builddir/meson-logs/testlog.json`. When these tests fail, the user probably wants to run the failing test in a debugger. To make this as integrated as possible, extract the test test setups with this command. |