Is it possible to convert folders into projects? [Question]

[dzalf]

Dear Eran and developers

I have been experimenting with the codes from The Algorithms in C++ and I have been wondering if there is a way (embedded in CodeLite or not) to convert each folder into a Project inside a workspace.

I have created a workspace inside the cloned folder, created a project math as an example and added all the related source files from the respective math folder

Evidently, compile+build fails because each .cpp file is an independent code with its own _main()_ function and thus "multiple definitions of main" is thrown.

I assume that the only way to achieve this would be to manually create each project and link individual source code files. Is this correct?

Thanks

[eranif]

Since it uses CMake as its build process, I would actually use File System Workspace instead of the standard C++ workspace.

You can define how to build it from the (top level folder) settings -> build tab

[eranif]

Building the source code should be:

• Create a workspace of type "File System Workspace"
• Open a terminal / MSYS2 terminal on Windows
• types

cd /path/to/C-Plus-Plus
mkdir build-debug
cd $_
cmake .. -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
make -j$(nproc)

[dzalf]

Dear Eran

I truly appreciate your reply. Thank you for taking the time.

I will try this and get back to you.

Thank you for developing CodeLite. It is awesome!

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