Re: Sharing project files between windows and linux

Arnaud Charlet <[email protected]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:39:04 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.ide.gps.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I would like to know if GPS' project files are compatible between 
> Windows and Linux.

They can be made so.

> For instance suppose that I create a project under Windows which depends 
> on another project. Can I use the same project files under Linux 
> (provided that I have the same development tree)?

I'd suggest doing it the other way around: create the projects under Linux,
and then use them under Windows and Linux.

In other words the "portable" directory separator '/' needs to be used
for portable projects.

> The main obstacle is probably file separator. Is there a tool to change 
> that?

Any trivial script (e.g. a 'sed' command) can automatically do this change
if needed.

Arno