"Add New File To CMakeLists.txt" option missing

[Chris Pearson]

I am working through the Getting Started documentation for the nRF Connect SDK 1.5.1 on a Windows 10 machine running SEGGER Embedded Studio Nordic Edition Windows x64, Release 5.34a Build 2021011401.44914. So far the examples compile and download to my device successfully.

In the section Maintaining CMakeLists.txt in SES, the documentation refers to right-clicking the "Project 'app/libapp.a' to find the functions "Add New File To CMakeLists.txt" and "Add Existing File To CMakeLists.txt". However, these functions are not present when I right-click:

According to the documentation, the following is expected:

Also missing is the "Edit Compile Options in CMakeLists.txt" option at the bottom of the menu.

I have tried a couple of different example projects from the "Open nRF Connect SDK Project" menu and this is the case for all of them.

Am I missing something here? 

Thanks!

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi,

 

For a project to be able to add files to the CMakeListst.txt file, they need this tag:

https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/1.5.1/nrf/gs_modifying.html#ses-tags-in-cmakelists-txt

 

Projects in the sdk-nrf all have these tags, but zephyr samples does not, unfortunately. In that case, the tags need to be manually added to the CMakeLists.txt.

 

Kind regards,

Håkon

[Chris Pearson]

Håkon Alseth, it might be a good idea to update the documentation to specify which examples have the tags. Being new to the nRF Connect SDK, it would not have thought that some of the examples would not be properly configured for SES.

While the documentation does state that "The CMakeLists.txt files for the sample applications in the nRF Connect SDK are tagged as required.", and the nRF Connect Options dialog does show the projects as "Getting Started | Zephyr", it does not seem to be obvious that those examples are not Nordic's Zephyr examples. After all, they're being configured by Nordic's nRF Connect Options, so one might assume they are fully configured for SES.

Also, from the point of view of someone new to SEGGER Embedded Studio itself, it isn't apparent that "Add New File To CMakeLists.txt" and "Add Existing File To CMakeLists.txt" are Nordic additions to SES. 

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi,

 

I agree with you. This should be clearly outlined in our documentation.

I'll report this internally so that the team(s) are aware of this.

 

Kind regards,

Håkon