[Nottingham] C++ editor/compiler for Linux

[Martin Waryniak]

Thanks a lot to everybody, your hints helped a lot!
martin

Paul Sladen wrote:

>On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Martin Waryniak wrote:
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>Hello Martin,
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>>just wondering if anybody can recommend a good (free)
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>The majority of software that people tend to use for developing on GNU/Linux
>and the BSD's is Free Software and is quite often free-as-in-cost aswell,
>however that is secondary to the Freedom aspect.
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>>C++ editor
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>I'm going to say ``Emacs?'', since then I know at least people will pipe up
>with alternatives.
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>>and compiler,
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>GCC of course--The GNU Compiler Collection.  This is probably the most
>prolific compiler out there supporting lots and lots of languages out there
>(including C and C++!).  This is the compiler used to build the Linux Kernel
>and virtually everything else on a GNU/Linux system (and virtually
>everything else on every other non-Microsoft operating system aswell.... :)
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>On x86, there is also Intel's proprietary [commercial] compiler, Borland's
>Kylix (although that might be using GCC on the back end on Linux?) and
>Metrowerks, I think.
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>I would have though all of them are going to *bring* you problems over gcc,
>rather than solving any--and neither are they [fF]ree Software.
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>>preferably both in one program.
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>This is not the Unix way of doing things.  The Unix way of doing things is
>about building very [very] good programs, to do a particular task.  Those
>people who are good at writing Compilers are not necessarily good at writing
>interactive Editors and vis-versa.
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>(Exception made for Richard Stallman who started GNU Emacs *and* GCC! ;-).
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>You will normally find that an IDE (Integrated Development Environment),
>--which is I think perhaps what you're asking for--actually calls the
>compiler and debugger in the background, without you knowing about it.
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>>I have been using emacs and g++
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>The Emacs C++ and compile modes are really very extensive;  if you find the
>name of the functions and learn the key-bindings you can do everything you
>want from within Emacs.  Emacs was *made* for coding.  Here's an example:
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>  M-x compile
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>Then you can jump through any errors that the compile will have picked up,
>easy as pie.
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>>but i wondered if there is program that does both in one package.
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>If you're wanting an non-Emacs IDE there are plenty.  `Eclipse' is the one
>I've heard most references to--unfortunately it seems to have eclipsed from
>my mind any, others I might have heard of--try the freshmeat section:
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>  Topic / Text Editors / Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
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>  http://freshmeat.net/browse/65/?topic_id=65
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>Hope that helps,
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>	-Paul
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Martin Waryniak
School of Computer Science
University of Nottingham