Does anyone know how to setup Objective-C with KDevelop? I've been searching and searching for a supposed "patch", which is supposed to integrate support in with the IDE, yet I haven't been able to find it.
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Question, why would you like to do that instead of using XCode? – Maurício Linhares Aug 20 '11 at 19:58
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Perhaps Holland wants to use Objective-C in Linux? – Rudy Velthuis Aug 20 '11 at 20:11
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That's exactly the reason why. I don't have a mac. – zeboidlund Aug 20 '11 at 20:22
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2When you get an answer from the GNUStep list as NSResponder suggested, please consider coming back here and posting your solution. – jscs Aug 20 '11 at 21:51
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This has been partially treated on StackOverflow already. Apart from the discussion over there, I sometimes use Emacs besides Xcode. I use Emacs for most of my editing and coding needs, and it comes with a nice Objective-C mode. Autocompletion in Xcode is the big selling point, but I just found out there is an answer on Stackoverflow as well. I haven't tried it yet, but it might be worth checking out.
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I'm also interesting in developing on Linux using Objective-C. Due to the success of the language on Apple platforms, there are an increasing number of skilled Objective-C Developers whose efforts could benefit OSS if only the gap in Linux tooling were closed.
GNUstep is a fantastic effort and, along with LLVM and Clang, goes much of the way to achieving this. But: there is no modern IDE which supports Objective-C in Linux. ProjectCenter is the official GNUstep IDE but honestly it is showing its age.
JetBrains seem to be in the best position to change this situation: they are producers of the foremost Objective-C IDE for iOS: AppCode, and have just released a C/C++ IDE for Linux called CLion. If enough interest is shown, perhaps they would consider integrating Objective-C support from AppCode into CLion. Compiling against GNUstep, this would breathe new life into cross-platform Objective-C development.
I would encourage anyone interested in this possibility, to sign into JetBrains request tracker and vote for this issue: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/CPP-3353
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I would go to GnuStep.org, and ask this question on their mailing list. They're the guys who do the most obj-c development on Linux that I know of.
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