I've installed Kdevelop, and need a bit of help to setup for compiling with gcc.



I need to find the variable that stands for the current source file, so that I can pass an argument like:

gcc %filename -o filenamewithoutextension

Example:

gcc test.c -o test

Or is there a simpler way to set up Kdevelop?

Yes, there are much simpler ways to achieve this.

The simplest would be to use "external scripts", there is even a quickcompile example that does just what you are looking for.

The alternative would be to use CMake, you example above would be a single line there:

add_executable(myExe myCode.c)