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Install MercurialEclipse / MercurialEclipse & Windows Binaries for MercurialEclipse. Restart Eclipse, you can now manage a mercurial repository within Eclipse .

Getting source and building application

Clonign Mercurial Repository

Go to New > Project... then choose Mercurial > Clone existing Mercurial Repository

Let fill correct values, as shown below :

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Click Next. Wait a few seconds, then choose the branch you want to use. Click Next then click FInish. You have now a new project into your eclipse IDE.

Change C++ settings to build it

Change project's nature

Now, you have a project, let's say to Eclipse that it is a C++ one. Go to File > New > Other...

Under C++ category, choose : Convert to a C/C++ Project (Add C/C++ Nature)

On following window, just choose C++ as type, executable one, and MinGW GCC as toolchain. You are prompted to open "C++ perspective", just say yes. A perspective in eclipse is just a set of usefull windows, depending on language your are using.

Icon beside project name should now looks like this :

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Configure CMake generation

Now, you have to add a target to your project, in order to laucnh cmake command, that will generate Makefile. After first build, CMake generation will be launched automatically if one of the CMakeLists.txt is modified, but you will have to launch it manually if you add or remove a file.

Right click on your project, select "Make Targets", then "Create". Fill like shown below (adapt path to your one, is this example, my project is wowmodelviewe_hg, in path c:\Users\jerome\eclipse_wp\, and building dir is CMakeBuild) :

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You can now launch Cmake generation inside eclipse : type "shift + F9", select previously created, then click "build".

Configure C++ building

Last step to be able to compile WoW Model Viewer inside Eclipse : create a build target corresponding to our environment.

Right click on your project, then select properties.

Fill opened windows like shown below :

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In this window, replace wowmodelviewer_hg by your project name.

Click Apply, then OK.

Go to Project menu, then Build Project. WoW Model Viewer is now built in your computer, resulting compilation can be found in WoWModelViewer folder in your project.