<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>C/C++ editor</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <h1>C/C++ editor</h1> <p>The CDT provides an editor that gives you specific support for editing C code. This C editor is invoked automatically when you edit a <b>.c</b> or <b>.cpp</b> file. </p> <p>The C editor includes the following features:</p> <ul> <li>Syntax highlighting</li> <li>Content/code assist</li> <li>Code formatting</li> <li>Integrated debugging features</li> <li>A context-menu.</li> </ul> <p>You can control some of the operation of the C editor from the <b>Window > Preferences > C/C++ > C/C++ Editor</b> preferences dialog.</p> <h2>Content Assist</h2> <p> You invoke the C editor's Content Assist function by typing the first characters of a C statement, then pressing <b>Ctrl+Space</b>. Eclipse proposes code templates based on the <b>.c</b> or <b>.cpp</b> file type. </p> <h2>The C/C++ editor context menu</h2> <p>To access the C/C++ Editor context menu, right-click in a C/C++ editor.</p> <p>The C/C++ Editor context menu contains an <b>Include</b> feature. If you right-click on a function and choose <b>Add Include</b>, the editor attempts to determine the header in which the function is prototyped (this determination is done through a code-completion contributor extension). If this is successful, the editor adds the appropriate <b>#include</b> at the top of the file.</p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngconcepts.gif" ALT="Related concepts" width="143" height="21"> <br><a href="cdt_c_over_cdt.htm">CDT Overview</a> </p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngtasks.gif" ALT="Related tasks" width="143" height="21"> <br><a href="../tasks/cdt_t_contentassist.htm">Using Content Assist</a> </p> <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngref.gif" ALT="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br><a href="../reference/cdt_u_editor_key_bind.htm">C/C++ editor key binding actions</a> <br><a href="../reference/cdt_o_ceditor_pref.htm">C/C++ editor preferences</a> <br><a href="../reference/cdt_u_outlineview.htm">Outline view for C/C++</a> <br><a href="../reference/cdt_o_views.htm">Views and editors</a> </p> <p> <img src="../images/rh03_04.gif" ALT="Red Hat Copyright Statement" BORDER=0 width="300" height="14"><br> <img src="../images/ng03_04.gif" ALT=" IBM Copyright Statement" BORDER=0 width="324" height="14"> </p> </body> </html>