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<h2>Concepts</h2>
<p>This section of the User Guide provides an overview of the main concepts in
Carbide to create and build programs for Symbian OS. </p>
<p> The Symbian OS plug-ins are a set of Eclipse plug-ins that provide project,
SDK and build support for Symbian OS developers. The plug-ins extend the
functionality provided by Eclipse and the C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT). </p>
<p> The plug-ins simplify Symbian OS development by removing the need to use
command line build tools, and provide a graphical interface to Symbian OS
specific file formats, such as AIF and MBM. </p>
<p> The plug-ins provide a new perspective, called the <a href="CarbidePerspective.html">Carbide.c++ Perspective</a>, on
the Eclipse workbench. This perspective enhances the standard CDT C/C++
perspective by allowing you to select easily the SDKs and build target types
that you want to use for each project. </p>
<p> The following topics discuss these concepts in more detail: </p>
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<li><a href="build_configurations.htm">Active Build Configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="AIFDefWizard.html">AIF File</a></li>
<li><a href="breakpoints.htm">Breakpoints</a></li>
<li><a href="build_targets.htm">Build Targets</a></li>
<li><a href="macros_carbide.htm">Carbide Macros</a></li>
<li><a href="cvs.htm">Concurrent Versions System (CVS)</a></li>
<li><a href="contextual_menus.htm">Context menu support</a></li>
<li><a href="dependency_tracking.htm">Dependency Tracking</a></li>
<li><a href="emulators.htm">Emulation Debugging</a></li>
<li><a href="ext_build_support.htm">External Builds Support</a></li>
<li><a href="../projects/launch/launch_configs_overview.htm">Launch Configurations</a></li>
<li><a href="MBMDefWizard.html">MBM File</a></li>
<li><a href="mmpfiles.htm">MMP Files</a></li>
<li><a href="ngage_projects.htm">N-Gage Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="trk.htm">On-device Debugging</a></li>
<li><a href="precompiled_headers.htm">Precompiled Headers</a></li>
<li><a href="registers.htm">Registers</a></li>
<li><a href="../tasks/WorkingwithSDKs.html">SDK Support</a></li>
<li><a href="symbols_pkg.htm">Symbols, .pkg</a></li>
<li><a href="workspaces.htm">Workspace Information</a></li>
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