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<h1>Indexer preferences (C/C++)</h1>
<p>Use the <strong>Indexer</strong> preference page to select the indexer used by default for new projects and configure its behavior.</p>
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<strong>Indexer Options</strong>
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<td width="241" valign="top"><strong>Select Indexer </strong></td>
<td width="333" valign="top">Select the indexer to use by default for all new projects. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Index all files (files neither built nor included, also) </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to index all files </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Skip all references (Call Hierarchy and Search will not work) </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to not index references to save space and gain performance. This prevents some portions of CDT from working, like Call Hierarchy and search for references. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Skip type references (Search for type references will not work) </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to not index type references. This prevents some portions of CDT from working, like Search for type references. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Skip macro references (Search for macro references will not work) </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to not index macro references. This prevents some portions of CDT from working, like Search for macro references. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Files to index up-front </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Type a comma separated list of files that should always be indexed immediately. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Automatically update the index </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to have the index automatically update as it requires. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Update index immediately after every file change </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to force an index update whenever a file is saved. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Use active build configuration </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to always use the active build configuration indexer settings to build the index. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Use the build configuration specified in the project's indexer settings </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Activate this checkbox to always use the project's indexer settings to build the index. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Limit relative to the maximum heap size </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Specify the relative size limit the index can reach based on the maximum heap size. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Index database cache: Absolute limit </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Specify the maximum size the index database cache is limited to. </td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Header file cache: Absolute limit </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Specify the maximum size the header file cache is limited to. </td>
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