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C Setup for Polydev 🛠️

Key Notes ⚠️

Important

: The first time you build a project, it might throw an error. This is expected behavior. Simply rerun the build, and if errors persist, it may be an issue with your project setup rather than the plugin.

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Keybinds 🎮

You can customize keybinds for your C projects with Polydev.

Keybind	Action
<leader>pb	Build all C files in the src directory
<leader>pr	Run <Project_name> in your build directory
<leader>nh	Create a new header file in the current project’s src folder

Configuration Example:

require("Polydev").c.setup({
  keybinds = {
    ["<leader>pb"] = "CppBuild",    -- Build all C files in the src directory
    ["<leader>pr"] = "CppRun",      -- Run <Project_name> in your build directory
    ["<leader>nh"] = "NewCppHeaderFile"  -- Create a new header file in the current project’s src folder
  }
})

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File Structure 📂

This is the recommended file structure for your C projects using Polydev:

Directory/File Path	Description
CMakeLists.txt	Configuration file for your project build
src/	Folder containing source files for the project
main.cpp	Main Cpp file for the project
*.cpp	Additional Cpp source files
build/	Folder where the build artifacts will be generated
<project_name>.polydev	Polydev metadata file (generated during build)
include/	Folder for header files
*.hpp	Cpp header files

Example Structure:

Projects/
└── Cpp/
    └── Project_Name/
        ├── CMakeLists.txt
        ├── src/
        │   ├── main.cpp
        │   └── *.cpp
        ├── build/
        │   └── <project_name>.polydev
        └── include/
            └── *.hpp

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