[LLVMdev] Header files on VC project (was: Growing up CMake)

[OvermindDL1]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Scott Graham <scott.llvm at h4ck3r.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Óscar Fuentes <ofv at wanadoo.es> wrote:
>
>> I've checked that Intellisense can jump to an unlisted header file when
>> you ask for a declaration on a cpp file. So, what's the benefit of
>> having the header files explicitly listed in the solution? If it is for
>> text searching, maybe putting them on just one project (Hello.lib, for
>> instance) would be enough?
>
> Yes, for me personally, it'd be mostly for grepping to find things.
> Also, project plugins that let you open files (WorkspaceWhiz, etc.)
> generally work from the list of files included in the solution, so it
> becomes "hard" to open any of the include files by name otherwise.

You might try using the Visual Assist plugin instead then, it handles
all that fine, regardless of if the headers are anywhere in the
solution or not.