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How to view build issues in Clion more readable?

In QT Creator build issues are showed in window as readable, filterable, customizable list.

Example of build issues in Qt Creator:

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But in CLion it just a text list with links to build issues.

Example of build issues in CLion:

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How to view build issues in CLion more readable?

Solution

  • I think that the main reason is that Qt Creator uses the clang toolkit to gather semantic information about the code, while CLion has its own C++ parser. As such, CLion has a direct representation of the compiler errors and warnings, as you mention.

    On the other hand, CLion is able to notify you of errors and warnings without compiling the code, immediately :-) This feature is called "Code inspection", is customizable and filterable, and will give you even more information than the compiler.

    You can find it under Code | Inspect code....

    Example output:

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    See also my other answer to a similar question.