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[[Category:Application Development]]
[[Category:Code::Blocks Development]]
Technically, it does not matter how you name your [[global user variables]].
However, if you wish to maximise the benefit of using global user variables, then you better make sure that the same name always means the same thing!

<u>Example:</u><br />
If you call the location of your wxWidgets installation <tt>#wx</tt>, and two other developers call them <tt>#wxwin</tt> and <tt>#wxwidgets</tt> in their projects, then somebody compiling all three projects will be promted three times for the same thing. This is obviously less than optimal.

This list is provided as a guideline and in no way authoritative. However, if you use the names in this list, chances are good that people trying to compile your projects will be a lot happier.


<table border=1 cellpadding=0>
<caption>List of "well known" names for [[global user variables]]</caption>
<tr><th colspan=2>IDE and compilers</th></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>cb</td><td>Location of the <i>development</i> version of Code::Blocks.
If you have the sources, this is the dir with the Code::Blocks project file.
If you have the Code::Blocks SDK, this is the dir where you unpacked it.</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>gcc</td><td>Base directory of your gcc or MinGW installation</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>msvc</td><td>Base directory of your MSVC toolkit installation</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>psdk</td><td>Location of the Microsoft platform SDK (base dir)</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>dm</td><td>Base directory of your Digital Mars installation</td></tr>
<tr><th colspan=2>GUI toolkits</th></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>wx</td><td>Base directory of wxWidgets</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>fl</td><td>Base directory of FLTK</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>qt</td><td>Base directory of Qt</td></tr>
<tr><th colspan=2>Graphics toolkits</th></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>sdl</td><td>Base directory of SDL</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>ft</td><td>Base directory of freetype</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>ogre</td><td>Base directory of Ogre 3D</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>g3d</td><td>Base directory of Graphics 3D</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>genesis</td><td>Base directory of Genesis 3D</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>cs</td><td>Base directory of Crystal Space</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>irr</td><td>Base directory of Irrlicht</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>dx</td><td>Base directory of Direct/X SDK</td></tr>
<tr><th colspan=2>Other packages</th></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>openal</td><td>Base directory of OpenAL</td></tr>
<tr><td width=72 align=center>zlib</td><td>Base directory of zlib</td></tr>
</table>