C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Goto page 1, 2  Next          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ Language (Moderated) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jigar Mehta Guest Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:25 am    Post subject: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Thanks Jigar Mehta GATES Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. India [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top ulrich Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:23 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? On 28 Jan 2005 06:25:17 -0500, Jigar Mehta <jigarmehta (AT) gatescorp (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? do not know which is the best, but you may want to try eclipse (www.eclipse.org) with the mingw compiler/linker stuff ([url]www.mingw.org)[/url]. how to do this is described in cuj, november 2004 issue ([url]http://www.cuj.com/articles/2004/0411/)[/url]. -- have a nice day ulrich [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Darren Bane Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:25 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Have you considered not using an IDE at all? I personally prefer: * A text editor. I use Emacs, but vim is another good alternative. I wouldn't use an editor other than these two because it won't be half as popular, and popularity means better support as far as free software is concerned. You should investigate tags files when you've chosen an editor. * Some makefiles. If you Google for "Recursive Make Considered Harmful", you'll find a good way to write these. * Gdb. There are nice wrappers around this, e.g. for Emacs or X-Windows (DDD), but I still prefer the command line. * Optional: A scripting language. I use perl to do global search-and-replaces across many files in many directories, batch file renames, nightly builds, papering over cracks in the config mgmt system, etc. Python is probably a better (but not enough to warrant learning it when I already know perl) alternative. I use perl rarely, but when I do it saves me a lot of typing. * Optional, but recommended: Some config mgmt system. CVS is the most popular, but I think it'll be replaced by Subversion. I think that's about all the VisualStudio does for you. As for your other question, I know very little about the differences between Linux distros. But why are you fixated on Linux? It's a much better idea to just write UNIX software, which is portable between Linux, the BSDs and most commercial UNIXes. You can do this by only using ANSI C++, or facilities documented in the Single UNIX Spec (version 3 is the latest). See http://www.unix.org/ for details. [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Markus T. Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:25 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta: Quote: I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Vim without any doubt. http://www.vim.org/ Together with the Tag List plugin you will have everything to get started. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273 __ Markus [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Victor Bazarov Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:31 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? vim... Wait... No, emacs... Wait... NEdit, definitely... Wait. Dev-C++ is it... No, wait... What did I say was the first one? Ah, vim... No, it can't be... What was the question, again? "Which pool is better to learn to swim in"? [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top R.F. Pels Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:33 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Hmmm. I happen to like kdevelop which is part of KDE. As for the distro, I have been using SuSE for a long time. But there are many many other options available. -- Ruurd ..o. ...o ooo [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Ulrich Eckhardt Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:35 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? You can run MSVC6 under WINE, although that might not really be your goal. Else, take a look at kdevelop, its look'n'feel are similar to MS' IDE. Another one often mentioned is Anjuta. To the question 'which linux version', first let me note that it's a name, i.e. written with a capital L. Else, I've been using the stable versions from 2.0 to 2.6, and never had any problems with C++ related to the kernel. What is more important is that you get a decent compiler: I'd go for the GCC, version 3 (avoid those who's version is claimed to be 2.96 like the plague). All mentioned software above is free and included in most major distributions. Uli -- FAQ: http://parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ /* bittersweet C++ */ default: break; [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top PeteK Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:45 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? I've recently started using Linux to do a port from VC++. I eventually settled on KDevelop as the IDE. I appears to use automake under the hood, so it's worth having a quick scan of the automake documentation. Also the libtool documentation if you're going to do anything with your own libraries. Unfortunately it's still work in progress, so it can be crashed quite easily if you do something wrong. Also, if you're creating libraries, ensure that you get the full set of error messages, otherwise your code may appear to build when it actually failed. I know it sounds a bit poor, but it's not that bad - and it's free. PeteK P.S. I'm using Red Hat Fedora 9 [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top David Abrahams Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:47 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? "Jigar Mehta" <jigarmehta (AT) gatescorp (DOT) com> writes: Quote: Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Thanks I use Emacs everywhere and am very happy with it. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top kanze@gabi-soft.fr Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:48 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? The one I use, of course:-). Seriously, there is no one "better" editor or IDE. Emacs and vim are (I think) the two most widely used -- both have a fairly hight learning curve, but both are IMHO well worth it. There are also full IDE's under Linux. But if you want to learn programming under Linux, it's probably worth pointing out that the more conventional development method doesn't use a classical IDE; it rather counts on the over-all power of Unix to allow you to set-up the tool chains you want. (To give you an idea of the difference of attitude: how many Windows programmers can write a shell script for their environment? And how many Unix programmers can't?) -- James Kanze GABI Software http://www.gabi-soft.fr Conseils en informatique orientée objet/ Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung 9 place Sémard, 78210 St.-Cyr-l'École, France, +33 (0)1 30 23 00 34 [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Anand Hariharan Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:50 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Thanks 1/ Do not multi-post. Take a look at the responses you got in a.c.l.l.c-c++ and the linux dev apps group. 2/ Different environments have different philosophies w.r.t how development is done. vi/emacs and their clones are more than what you give them credit for. - Anand [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Jared Morrow Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:50 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? I personally like KDevelop that is provided with the KDE Desktop environment. As for a non-ide editor, I really like Nedit as well. Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Thanks Jigar Mehta GATES Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. India [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Antoun Kanawati Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:56 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? Jigar Mehta wrote: Quote: Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? This is a religious issue :) Emacs ranks high, since it can be programmed to do anything, and already has C++ modes, elementary IDE capabilities, and integration with many revision control systems. Well known IDEs include anjuta, kdevelop, and Eclipse (with the C/C++ support modules). -- A. Kanawati [email]NO.antounk.SPAM (AT) comcast (DOT) net[/email] [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Efrat Regev Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:36 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? "Jigar Mehta" <jigarmehta (AT) gatescorp (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Hye, I am the person migrating myself from Visual C++ to linux c++ programming.. I want your guidance which editor and which linux version should I use so that it would help me in better programming and better support... I am searching for absolutely free linux version.. Which IDE (editor) is the best for linux c++ programming ?? Thanks Jigar Mehta GATES Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. India It's subjective to discuss the *best* IDE. If you're familiar with VC++, you might find KDevelop useful. [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top slayant Guest Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:39 am    Post subject: Re: Which is the best editor for linux c++?? For C++ in Linux, I love KDE's KDevelop IDE (check them out at [url]www.kdevelop.org)[/url]. Its free and widely used - both a plus in my book. As for the distribution, it all depends on how much control you want in 'tweaking' your system. For a more 'guide me through' type of O/S (ie Windows like installation) I would say Mandrake or Fedora. If you're adventurous try Debian, Slackware, Gentoo. Le Lam [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. 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