What This Manual Contains
This user manual is intended to describe the contents and use of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from a user's point of view. It is not a programming manual, nor does it describe the development process in detail. Its only aim is to guide you in the handling of the IDE.
Here you will find information on the following topics:
Getting Started with — a Guided Tour 	 Gives you a quick start on the use of this , introducing the basic steps of how to work on a project.
Overview of the Features of 	 Extends the guided tour in the previous chapter, giving an overall view of what is built-in within and gets you acquainted with the look and feel of this .
Configuring 	 Shows how you can tailor the to suit your needs.
Getting started: the 	 Describes the basics of how to set up a new project in using the built-in .
Editing tools 	 All you need to write your source files: using the editor, searching for text both locally and project-wide, up to integrating new files and classes into the project.
The File Browsers 	 Demonstrates various tools to look at the structure of your project and how to access the files you want to work with.
The Class Browsers 	 Describes one of the most powerful tools of which lets you navigate through class dependencies and allows you to easily create and access the classes and methods you need.
Documentation 	 Shows how to access the rich built-in documentation provides and tells you how to create documentation of your project, concise and powerful documentation providing you an overall view of all your project sources as well as docbook-based user documentation.
Building and Project Management 	 Deals with the creation and management of your project; describing the basics of autoconf and automake as well as how to set up custom make files and how to use compiler or make options to tailor your application to suit your needs.
Advanced Build Management 	 Looks at ways to keep multiple build configurations, to cross-compile for diverse platforms, or to make an embedded system using the Qt/embedded library.
The Debugger Interface 	 Describes how to use the integrated gdb debugger interface so you can hunt down bugs without leaving .
Using CVS 	 Tells you how you can maintain your project using the CVS versioning system; a must, especially if many developers work on the same project.
Some commonly used information has been put into the appendix. Amongst others this consists of:
Installing 	 Tells you where to obtain and how to get it up and running.
In a Nutshell — Tips and Tricks 	 A quick reference to commonly used commands and actions. And a short guide to solve common problems when working with .
Development on 	 A historical overview of program development, the main tools necessary and why you need an .
Configuration Files Used by 	Lists the files uses to save its internal information. This is particularly useful in case something went wrong with your setup.
Plugin Tools 	Lists the pluggable tools you can use to taylor the capabilities of to your needs.
KDevelop User Interface Mode Examples 	Shows user interface modes.
Further Information 	 Getting Information, reporting Bugs etc.
Changelog 	Shows the history of this documentation.
Bibliography 	Bibliography