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authorFriedemann Kleint <Friedemann.Kleint@theqtcompany.com>2016-02-01 10:15:32 +0100
committerFriedemann Kleint <Friedemann.Kleint@theqtcompany.com>2016-02-02 09:51:10 +0000
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README.md: Add some Windows/Clang instructions.
Change-Id: I3c854d7a932951d8340507c4799591bbccb179ef Reviewed-by: Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar@theqtcompany.com>
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@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ For detailed information on the supported compilers, see
command...` error. If a `sh.exe` is found, the compile process will fail.
You have to remove it from the path.
- 10. You are now ready to configure and build Qt and Qt Creator.
+ 10. To enable the Clang-based code model: Install Clang (>= version 3.6.2)
+ and set the environment variable LLVM_INSTALL_DIR to point to the
+ installation location.
+
+ 11. You are now ready to configure and build Qt and Qt Creator.
Please see <https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git> for
recommended configure-options for Qt 5.
To use MinGW, open the the shell prompt and enter:
@@ -133,10 +137,17 @@ For detailed information on the supported compilers, see
cd ..\creator
qmake && jom
- 11. To launch Qt Creator, enter:
+ 12. To launch Qt Creator, enter:
qtcreator
- 12. When using Visual C++ with the "Debugging Tools for Windows" installed,
+ 13. To test the Clang-based code model, verify that backend process
+ bin\clangbackend.exe
+ launches (displaying its usage).
+
+ The library libclang.dll needs to be copied to the bin directory if
+ Clang cannot be found in the path.
+
+ 14. When using Visual C++ with the "Debugging Tools for Windows" installed,
the extension library `qtcreatorcdbext.dll` to be loaded into the
Windows console debugger (`cdb.exe`) should have been built under
`lib\qtcreatorcdbext32` or `lib\qtcreatorcdbext64`.
@@ -151,7 +162,7 @@ For detailed information on the supported compilers, see
debugging from the repository
<https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/binary-artifacts.git/tree> .
- 13. Qt Creator can be registered as a post-mortem debugger. This
+ 15. Qt Creator can be registered as a post-mortem debugger. This
can be done in the options page or by running the tool qtcdebugger
with administrative privileges passing the command line options
-register/unregister, respectively. Alternatively,