<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <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>Perspectives available to C/C++ developers</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <div role="main"> <h1>Perspectives available to C/C++ developers</h1> <p>A perspective is a layout of <a href="cdt_c_views.htm">views</a> (development tools) in the Workbench window. Each type of perspective is a combination of views, menus, and toolbars that enable you to perform a particular task. For example, the C/C++ perspective has views that are organized to help you develop C/C++ programs; the <strong>Debug</strong> perspective has views that enable you to debug those programs. </p> <p>To Open the C/C++ perspective, select <strong>Window > Open Perspective > Other...</strong> and select <strong>C/C++</strong>.</p> <div class="note"> <strong>Selecting / Opening Views:</strong> <ul> <li>You can add views to a perspective. From the menu bar choose <strong>Window > Show View > Other</strong> and select a new view from the <strong>Show View</strong> dialog.</li> <li>To reset the current perspective to its original layout, from the menu bar choose <strong>Window > Reset Perspective</strong>.</li> </ul> </div> <p>The C/C++ development tools contribute the following perspectives to the workbench: </p> <h2>C/C++ perspective views</h2> <p>This perspective is tuned for working with C/C++ projects. By default it consists of an editor area and the following views: </p> <ul> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_cproj_view.htm">Project Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_console_view.htm">Console</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_properties.htm">Properties</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_problems_view.htm">Problems</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_make_targets_view.htm">Make Targets</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_outline_view.htm">Outline</a></li> <li>Tasks</li> </ul> <p>There a several additional views that may be useful during a debug session. You can add them by clicking <strong>Window > Show View > C/C++</strong> to show them in the C/C++ perspective.</p> <h2>Debug perspective views</h2> <p>This perspective is tuned for debugging your C/C++ program. By default it includes an editor area and the following views: </p> <ul> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_dbg_view.htm">Debug</a></li> <li>Variables</li> <li>Breakpoints</li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_outline_view.htm">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_console_view.htm">Console</a></li> <li>Tasks</li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_problems_view.htm">Problems</a></li> <li><a href="../reference/cdt_u_view_executables.htm">Executables</a></li> </ul> <p>There a several additional views that may be useful during a debug session. You can add them by clicking <strong>Window > Show View > Debug</strong> to show them in the Debug perspective.</p> <h3>Other Perspectives</h3> <p>In addition to the perspectives named above and the <span class="guilabel">Resource</span> perspective (which you see when you first start Eclipse), Eclipse also has perspectives that are tuned to other types of development: </p> <ul> <li>Java</li> <li>Java Browsing</li> <li>Plug-in Development.</li> <li>CVS Repository Exploring</li> </ul> <p><img src="../images/ngref.gif" ALT="Related reference" width="143" height="21"> <br> <a href="../reference/cdt_o_views.htm">C/C++ Views and Editors</a></p> <p> <img src="../images/rh03_04.gif" ALT="Red Hat Copyright Statement"><br> <img src="../images/ng00_04a.gif" ALT=" IBM Copyright Statement" > </p> </div> </body> </html>