Enable C++11 in Eclipse CDT (Juno/Kepler/Luna) indexer

Question

How do I enable support for the new C++ standard on the Eclipse CDT indexer in Juno/Kepler/Luna?

Answer 1

Note that this question (and answer) only deals with the Eclipse indexer which is used to highlight errors before compilation takes place. The C++ compiler settings are not changed! (Thus, compilation could still fail because of missing C++11 settings, but have a look at the "Related" section)

To change the Eclipse indexer settings go to Project properties -> C/C++ General -> Preprocessor Include Paths, Macros etc. -> tab Providers -> CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings

and append -std=c++0x (or -std=c++11) to Command to get compiler specs:

Afterwards it should look something like:

${COMMAND} -E -P -v -dD ${INPUTS} -std=c++0x

Sources

• http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ#CDT_does_not_recognize_C.2B.2B11_features
• http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/373462/909018/#msg_909018

Related

• Eclipse CDT C++11/C++0x support
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/17499266/760746 (C++11-enable the compiler (Kepler and before))
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/22480299/760746 (C++11-enable the compiler (Kepler (updated) and newer)

Update

Successfully tested with Eclipse

• Kepler (CDT 8.2)
• Luna (CDT 8.4)