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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

Custom Makefiles

I'd like to manage my project build using a custom makefile, but have not figured out how to do so. I still want to utilize the Eclipse-based IDE for editing source, debugging, etc., but want to ...
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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

This is possible. The "Advanced C/C++ Project" is intended for just that purpose. (Use File->New->Project->Advanced C/C++ Project to create one).

You can then add your design files and a Makefile.

The only requirement for the makefile is that it has an "all" and a "clean" target.

Then a build of the project will do make all and a rebuild will do a make clean all.

You can then happily edit source & debug in the IDE.