How would I get a project to run in Terminal through Xcode?

Question

Is it possible for me to hit run in Xcode and have my project be compiled with the g++ compiler then open a Terminal window and run it?

So pretty much I want Xcode to run these commands when I hit run:

g++ [source]
./a.out

And at some point a Terminal window will open with the program running.

How could I do this (if it's possible)?

Solution

I had to settle with running my program in a Terminal window that I kept open while coding in Xcode. I had Xcode compile the program to an 'a.out' file whenever I built the program in Xcode. I did this by running a 'Run Script'. Here's how I did it:

• Go to the screen where you can edit the build settings.
• Under 'TARGETS' in the side menu, click on your project
• Go to the 'Build Phases' tab and click the 'Add Build Phase' button
• From the list that drops down select 'Add Run Script'

• Then input what you would like Xcode to do when building the program in the box under the shell command box. My commands were like this:

  cd [path to program]

  g++ [program]

(I can't get the block code formatting to work here).

Now all I have to do is keep a Terminal window open in the directory of the program. I run a.out whenever I need to run the program in Terminal. Not entirely automated, but there's only one extra step than I had hoped for, which isn't too bad.