SlickEdit User Guide

Set Up a Workspace and Project
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After configuring settings, you are ready to set up your workspaces and projects, unleashing the powerful
file-leveraging capabilities of SlickEdit®.
A workspace defines a set of projects and retains the settings for an editing session. A project defines a set
of related files that build and execute as a unit. For each project you can specify the set of files it contains,
a working directory, a set of commands to build and execute the project, compiler options, and
dependencies between other projects. A tag file for each project’s source files is automatically created and
maintained, enabling SlickEdit’s advanced navigation and unique Context Tagging® lookup features.
For more detailed information than is provided here, see the following sections:
• Workspaces and Projects
• Building and Compiling
• Running and Debugging
Create a New Workspace
To create a new workspace, complete the following steps:
1. From the main menu, click Project > New.
2. Select the Workspaces tab.
3. In the Workspace name text box, give a name to your workspace.
4. In the Location text box, type a path or use the Browse button to pick a location.
Create a New Project
To create a new project, complete the following steps:
1. From the main menu, click Project > New.
2. It is important that you select the correct project type. From the list box on the left side of the
dialog, select the type of project that you want to use.
3. In the Project name text box, give the project a name.
4. In the Location text box, type a path or use the Browse button to pick a location. If the directory
does not exist, a prompt appears to create it when you click OK.
5. In the Executable name text box, type the name of the executable file or output file.
6. Select Add to current workspace.
7. Specify whether this project depends on another project in this workspace by checking the
Dependency of check box and selecting the depended on project from the drop-down list.
8. Click OK.
Add Files to the Project
To add files to your new project, complete the following steps:
1. From the main menu, click Project > Project Properties.
2. Select the Files tab.
3. To add individual files, click Add Files, and select the files that you want to add.
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