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Reputation: 15844

Code::Blocks: Code Blocks IDE does not read backslashes from a .vcsproj file

I am importing a C++ project that was created in Visual Studio on a Windows machine, into my Code::Blocks IDE using Linux Ubuntu 13.10. After importing the .sln file, Code::Blocks was able to detect the files but it could not read them due to the \'s in the .vcsproj file (which was created in VS on the Windows machine).

After replacing all of the \'s in the .vcsproj with /'s, everything works fine, but was this the correct solution? This is an open source project, so I wonder if there is a platform-independent solution, or should we expect each user to build the project themselves? Should the .vcsproj or .sln file be excluded from the repository?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1005

Answers (1)

Wes
Wes

Reputation: 296

Welcome to the world of cross platform development!

Consider using something like Cmake or Premake to generate the project files for the platform you are developing on.

This way any developer can take the CMake\Premake script and generate vcxproj files if they are on Windows or Codeblocks proj files for Linux/Windows, or even Gnu Makefiles if they are so inclined.

Upvotes: 1

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