Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 07:49:14 07/16/99
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On July 15, 1999 at 15:12:22, Frank Phillips wrote: >With some difficulty and little understanding, I have set up my old machine as a >Linux box (RedHat5.2), installed egcs and managed to compile and run my program. > Using Emacs I can edit and compile, but is there a free IDE to go with egcs/gnu >C, like RHIDE for Windows or (ever hopeful) something akin to MSVC++ ? > >My experience with Linux (and I do want to like it) has taught me that whatever >the failings of W98, it has many advantages for a non-computer-science-person >who just wants to easily install a compiler, complete with development >environment, and get on with writing a chess program. I find that difficult >enough without first having to understand the ins-and-outs of how the OS works There is something called xwpe, which is very similar to RHIDE. However, I would strongly recommend using Emacs instead. Emacs has a rather steep learning curve compared to the other systems mentioned, but once mastered, it is vastly superior. I have used both RHIDE and the IDE of MSVC++, but I would never use them on a system with a Windows version of Emacs installed. If you find anything Emacs cannot do (not easy!), you can usually easily code it in Emacs Lisp. I find it mildly ironic that you mention this as a shortcoming of Linux. Most (if not all) Linux distributions automatically installs a remarkably complete development environment, with lots of programming languages and an IDE (emacs) which can be used for all of them. Windows, on the other hand, does not include any development tools at all (OK, maybe the old DOS Debug utility is still included :-). I understand very well, however, that it is easier to "get started" in systems like MSVC++. Tord
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