First Steps

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To build the PDF, a TeX-Distribution is needed. We recommend Tex Live, because it contains binaries for Synctex. Synctex is used to synchronize the editor with the PDF. http://tug.org/texlive/


To use the C++-features CDT and GCC are needed:


You than may create your first LEP Project, which can be found in the group "Literate Eclipse Programming". After choosing a name and location, a new editor is filled with a sample document.

It contains a C++-Hello World application. With CDT and GCC installed, you can compile and run the code from the "LEP"-menu or via Project->Build and Run->Debug.



Every time you save the document, all the code is extracted to files. The sample contains one file "HelloWorld.cpp" which is saved in the subfolder "code".

This file includes the code block "Print", which is defined afterwards, but can basically defined everywhere in the file.

By this, the sample shows how to create and link code blocks and how to specify the location of files.



If not set otherwise in the LEP Preferences, a pdf is automatically created every time the document is saved. It will open in a new eclipse tab. If available screen space allows it, the pdf tab can be placed side by side to the lep editor. To do so, drag the pdf tab to the border of the lep editor, e.g., drag it near the right scroll bar. Eclipse gives a hint after the right spot is reached. To go from a line in the text editor to the position in the pdf, use "Goto PDF" option from the LEP-menu in the menu bar. Do a right-click on a word in the pdf to switch to the according line in the text editor.



If your text grows, the outline view helps to navigate between the text sections. It can be enabled from the menu bar under "Window->Show View". It shows each (sub)(sub)section, the current on is marked in red and with a small arrow behind it. Just click on an entry to switch to the editor line of this heading.

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