Inside a Project

A project consists of basically two things: Your source files, and the project data files that Source Insight maintains.

 

Figure 3.1  The components of a Source Insight project.

Each project contains a list file paths that point to your source files. A project also contains a symbol data­base, which is maintained by Source Insight. Your source files are parsed by Source Insight and symbol decla­rations and definitions, and references are recorded in the symbol database. All you have to do is add source files to your project; you do not have to generate any other "tag" files. Source Insight does that automati­cally.

Each project has its own session workspace. The workspace contains session information, such as the list of files that are open and window positions.