EDE is implemented as a minor mode, which augments other modes such
as C mode, and Texinfo mode. You can enable EDE for all buffers by
running the command global-ede-mode, or by putting this in your
init file:
(global-ede-mode t)
Activating EDE adds a menu named ‘Development’ to the menu bar. This menu provides several menu items for high-level EDE commands. These menu items, and their corresponding key bindings, are independent of the type of project you are actually working on.