ColdFire Compiler > Input

Use this panel to specify additional files the ColdFire Compiler should use. You can specify multiple additional libraries and library search paths. Also, you can change the order in which the IDE uses or searches the libraries.

The following table lists and describes the input options for ColdFire compiler.

Table 1. Tool Settings - ColdFire Compiler > Input Options
Option Description
Compile only, Do Not Link (-c) Check if you want to compile only and do not want to link the file.
Do not use MWCIncludes variable (-nostdinc) Check if you do not want to use MWCIncludes variable.
Always Search User Paths (-nosyspath) Check if you want to always search user paths.
Source encoding Lets you specify the default encoding of source files. The compiler recognizes Multibyte and Unicode source text. To replicate the obsolete option Multi-Byte Aware, set this option to System or Autodetect. Additionally, options that affect the preprocess request appear in this panel. The options available are as follows:
  • ASCII
  • Autodetect
  • UTF-8
  • System
  • Shift-JIS
  • EUC-JP
  • ISO-2022-JP
User Path (-i) Lists the available user paths.
User Recursive Path (-ir) Appends a recursive access path to the current #include list. This command is global.

Syntax-ir pathpath

The recursive access path to append.
System Path (-I- -I) Lists the available system paths.
System Recursive Path (-I- -ir) Lists the available system paths recursively.

The following table lists and describes the toolbar buttons that help work with the user and system search paths.

Table 2. Search Paths Toolbar Buttons
Button Description
Add - Click to open the Add directory path dialog box and specify the search path.
Delete - Click to delete the selected search path. To confirm deletion, click Yes in the Confirm Delete dialog box.
Edit - Click to open the Edit directory path dialog box and update the selected search path.
Move up - Click to move the selected search path one position higher in the list
Move down - Click to move the selected search path one position lower in the list

The following table shows the Add directory path dialog box.

Figure 1. Add directory path Dialog Box
Add directory path Dialog Box

The following table shows the Edit directory path dialog box.

Figure 2. Edit directory path Dialog Box
Edit directory path Dialog Box

The buttons in the Add directory path and Edit directory path dialog boxes help work with the object file search paths.