Re: development tools for interpreting code

[soraberri <421246@posta.unizar.es>]

soraberri wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In this stage of my learning I am basically trying to understand some 
> code that others have develop. The code is about bluetooth tools but 
> this is unrelevant at this moment. Rigth now I'm using Kdevelop for this 
> task with the source that I want to understand loaded into a new 
> project, and I always find the same problem which I will describe you in 
> terms of an example:
> 
> at some point of the code I find a call to a function or a typedef name 
> (for exmple str2ba) and I would like to find the header file or even the 
> source file where this function (or type) is defined. I can only use the 
> Grep:str2ba command found under "Find in files..." dialog but sometimes 
> this is not suitable because I have to tell manually the path from the 
> starting point of the search, and if I don't know exactly the rigth 
> folder, the number of results searched can be too many for examining. I 
> guess it may be a better way, since the program compiles and has the 
> appropiate includes (#include <header>), so the compiler must know where 
> the function is defined.
> 
> So, every suggestions would be wellcome,
> 
> thaks in advance
> 
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Thank you for all your help. I'll study a bit all these choices and will 
try out. very helpful posts!