ChibiStudio for linux

[tinito]

Hi,

I've started working on the linux version of ChibiStudio. About the tools, like openocd, would you like to include the sources (so people have to ./configure && make it) or do you feel that a static binary is better?
I'm not sure that static binaries will work on every machine, but, I guess, they should...

[Giovanni]

Static binaries should work, I use Eclipse and CodeSourcery compiler binaries.

I wonder if the workspace can be ported, most settings are there.

Giovanni

[tinito]

I've imported it but most of the paths are absolute, is it due to eclipse or is it possible to setup paths relative to the workspace?

[Giovanni]

Project paths should be all relative to two variables CHIBIOS and CHIBISTUDIO that are defaulted to C:\ChibiStudio and C:\ChibiStudio\chibios. There should not be absolute paths, only those variables need to be changed.

Giovanni

[tinito]

I've updated those two variables in windows->preferencies->general->workspace->linked resources, but projects still point to c:\ChibiStudio, i'm attaching two screenshot.

Not sure I'm modifying the correct stuff...

[Giovanni]

I'll try searching in the workspace...

Giovanni

[tinito]

If I look for "C:\ChibiStudio" in the workspace i get 266 references:

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tino@Dell:~/Desktop/ChibiStudio-linux/workspace$ grep -rn "C:/ChibiStudio" .metadata/.plugins/* | wc -l
266

I really don't know how eclipse manages environment variables and paths, it looks weird

[Giovanni]

In the distributed ChibiStudio I found "C:" in only two files, you could try to delete them and see if are regenerated or Eclipse re-launch.

Giovanni

[tinito]

Do you mean the "preview 2"?

If I extract the workspace folder from ChibiStudio_Preview2.7z and look for C:/Chibistudio I still find 200+ references, without any eclipse execution:

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tino@Dell:~/test/workspace$ grep -rn "C:/ChibiStudio" .metadata/.plugins/* | wc -l
267

ps: they are in "hidden" folders so I have to specify where to search..

[tinito]

I've tried to find&replace every occurrence of C:/ChibiStudio with ${CHIBI_STUDIO}, the problem is that it seems the project location path is in a binary file:

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Binary file .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects/ARMCM4-STM32F407-DISCOVERY/.location matches

so I'm still not able to open the demo projects. If I modify that entry by hand eclipse wont start at all.

BTW, I can import again all the projects and it will work, but if you move the workspace you have to do it again. And we would have different workspaces for windows and linux, not easy to mantain..