[sword-devel] setting up source code in an IDE info request.

[Nic Carter]

Hi Sam,

Good to hear you are interested in playing around with the source code.  I'm not sure if anyone else has replied to you yet, so I will quickly reply to give a few pointers?

Take a look around the http://crosswire.org/wiki/Main_Page wiki, specifically the top right section on Development Tools.  That talks about the SWORD engine & the code to do with it.  You'll see the page on Tutorial:Compiling & Installing SWORD & it has download instructions from SVN & stuff.

Use of an IDE is a personal preference.  If you're on Windows, some ppl use some IDE that I have no idea about.  My experience of compiling and playing has been Mac only for the last 10 or so years, altho I used to play around with the code prior to that on Debian, but don't ask me any questions about it!  my memory isn't that good...  :P

Hopefully that gives you a start?  Perhaps have a look at swmgr.h and start there?  Actually, a better place would be after you have downloaded the source, take a look in the examples folder.  That will give you a quick intro to what does what, and to some things you can do.  :)


I hope that helps?  Thanks, ybic
	nic...  :)


On 30/12/2011, at 1:44 PM, William first name wrote:

> hi. i've looked around and read a fair amount about theSwordProject.
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> From what I am aware the main source code project is a c++ Project and other bible software such as bibledesktop are java projects which are built ontop of it).
> I am interested in the main c++ project at the moment.
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> Can someone inform me of the best place to download the whole project, and which IDE the source file is suited to import it into (code::blocks or VS or a linux only IDE)?  
> secondly can some one suggest a few classes that would be good for a new developer to play with to get a feel of the project.  i'd  like a hands on approach to understanding the software, and realize this is a fairly general question. (perhaps if you are currently playing with some classes, they might be of interest to me too).
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> my goal is to be able to play around with the source code and build it via the ide and see what I broke :-) or similar.
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> thank you for your time.
> sam
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