Calligra/Building/3/Developing With KDevelop

Note

Work in progress, don't trust these instructions. They are for the Qt5-based Calligra 3.x on Unix and similar operating systems.

Import Calligra in KDevelop

Project > Open Project
Select Calligra source directory
Select CMake project as a

Be patient, opening Calligra can take a long time, KDevelop don't show any progress information, only indication that something is happening is an overlay telling you the project is being loaded, and the "projects" docker has appeared

Build

Configuration

In the "project" docker, right click on "calligra", select "Open Configuration"
In the "CMake" tab, click on the "plus" icon
Choose the "Build directory" (you can use an existing build directory)

Build a target

In the "project" docker, browse to the target you want to build, right click on it, and select "build" or "install". You can add a target to the buildset, all target in the buildset will be build when pressing F8, or any of the other options of the "Build" menu.

Run application

In "project" docker, right click on "calligra", select "Open Configuration"
In "Run Settings", add a "run targets"
Select "executable", then enter the full path to the application
Add targets that you want to be run before the execution is started

Run target are easily change through "Run > Current Run Target"

Debug an application

Run > Start or F9