Clang complete in mozilla

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This will explain how to setup clang complete for mozilla. Note: You don't need to build with clang to use it to complete, this means you can use it for Fennec.

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These instructions wont pick up every include and defines. Try to keep them up to date and check here from time to time for updates:

 hash clang || hash apt-get && sudo apt-get install clang   # If using apt-get.
 hash clang || hash port && sudo port install clang-2.9   # If using port.
 mkdir /tmp/clang_complete
 cd /tmp/clang_complete/
 git clone https://github.com/Rip-Rip/clang_complete.git .
 make install
 make   # No idea why we have to do that.
 vim clang_complete.vmb -c 'so %' -c 'q'

Now go to your root source directory and run |./mach clang-complete > .clang_complete| to generate .clang_complete under the root directory of your source code.

Or put the following in moz_clang_complete.sh in root source directory if your Gecko code base doesn't support |./mach clang-complete|.

 #!/bin/sh
 
 MOZ_SRC=`pwd`
 
 if [ -z "$MOZ_OBJDIR" ] ; then
   MOZ_OBJDIR=$(cat ~/.config/moz_tree)
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$MOZ_OBJDIR" ] ; then
   echo "Could not locate objdir, please enter your OBJDIR location:"
   read MOZ_OBJDIR
 fi
 
 make -C $MOZ_OBJDIR showbuild 2>&1 | awk '
    BEGIN { ORS=" "; }
    /^COMPILE_CXXFLAGS / {
       gsub(/-I\.\./,"-I'$MOZ_OBJDIR'/..");
       gsub(/ \.\./," '$MOZ_OBJDIR'/..");
       for (f=1;f<=NF;f++) {
         if ($f ~ /^-[ID]/) print $f;
   if ($f ~ /^-include/) { print $f; print $(f+1); }
   #if ($f ~ /^-isystem/) { print $f; print $(f+1); }
       }
    }
 '
 
 echo -I$MOZ_SRC/ipc/chromium/src -I$MOZ_SRC/ipc/glue -I../../ipc/ipdl/_ipdlheaders

Then, run the script to generate .clang_complete in the root of your source directory:

 chmod +x moz_clang_complete.sh && ./moz_clang_complete.sh > .clang_complete

Now you should get completion when typing ‘->’ ‘::’ ‘.’. You can also use CTRL+X, CTRL+O to complete at any point.

To debug problems run:

 :call g:ClangUpdateQuickFix()
 :copen