Very Computer

Unfortunately I'm a Windows developer by profession but with a
hankering to do some Linux work. can anyone recommend a good X based
IDE for gcc?? After all I'm used to the likes of VC++ on NT.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
   Derek.

There is one called Guide under development (it's *very* early in the
development cycle yet - don't expect anything even compilable yet).

Otherwise, use the tools already available - Emacs has some IDE
capabilities, but it's not very good at it IMHO. What exactly does an
IDE give you an advantage with - GUI compunent design is just about all
there is, and that's available separately. Integrated is almost always
used as a buzzword - stop using it *now* ...

A text editor with syntax highlighting (eg Emacs) plus autoconf and make
is all you need. I don't even use syntax highlighting (vi you know).

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Tristan Wibberley               Linux is a registered trademark
                                of Linus Torvalds.

The version of Vim that comes with Debian 2.0 has been setup real nicely for
color syntax highlighting and stuff. I've come from a windows programming
background as well and was looking for a similar GUI devel environment but
have found Vim real nice and (once you work out the commands) easy to use.

If you are wiling to pay for it then check out Visual Slick Edit .. It is
very similar to MS DS.

Waler

Quote:> Unfortunately I'm a Windows developer by profession but with a
> hankering to do some Linux work. can anyone recommend a good X based
> IDE for gcc?? After all I'm used to the likes of VC++ on NT.

> Any help would be appreciated.

> Thanks in advance,
>    Derek.

You can also check out Source Navigator (http://www.cygnus.com/sn). They
used to offer a stripped down free version and a commercial version.
Pretty nice package, although I prefer the GPL'd ddd ( a graphical interface
to gdb, see http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ddd/) for debugging purposes.

Rudi

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: If you are wiling to pay for it then check out Visual Slick Edit .. It is
: very similar to MS DS.

: Waler

: > Unfortunately I'm a Windows developer by profession but with a
: > hankering to do some Linux work. can anyone recommend a good X based
: > IDE for gcc?? After all I'm used to the likes of VC++ on NT.
: >
: > Any help would be appreciated.
: >
: > Thanks in advance,
: >    Derek.
: >
: >

Might as well throw my .02 cents in here as well. Code Crusader just went 1.0 and
it might have what you are looking for. Check it out at
www.cco.caltech.edu/~jafl/jx/jx2.html

Chris Mach