User guide

Creating Projects

Indexing and Searching Project Contents

The Nios II IDE uses the C/C++ and file search capabilities of the Eclipse environment. Refer

to the Related Topics

for more information about C/C++ and file search capabilities.

C/C++ searches (accessible from the Search menu) are based on the C/C++ search index.

When you start the Nios II IDE, the IDE does not take the time to automatically create an

index of your projects. You must manually start indexing for projects you need to search.

To index a single project:

1. Right-click on the project in the Nios II C/C++ Projects view.

2. Click Rebuild Index.

To index all projects:

1. Highlight all the projects in the Nios II C/C++ Projects view.

2. Right-click in the Nios II C/C++ Projects view.

3. Click Rebuild Index.

Note: The C/C++ indexer does not correctly index non-ANSI C compliant code. If C/C++

search fails for any reason, you can use the file search to find C/C++ constructs.