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Re: How do I get strarted with using GCC?
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:05:13PM +0200, Kai Ruottu wrote:
>>> Is there any kind of GUI package available for programming in it?
>> Things like Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/) have been used with
>> GCC
>
> Not by me, so I downloaded the Eclipse C/C++ IDE and tried to look
> "how one compiles with it"... These things seemed to have implemented
> by "some aliens from Ganymede" because I didn't understand anything :(
> The "paradigm shift" may be just as hard from command line to a GUI...
Yes, definitely. I've recently set up Eclipse + MSYS + gcc, it took a
couple of weeks to migrate an existing Makefile-based project. After
that, I still had numerous issues with e.g. perspectives, C++ indexer,
Eclipse configuration files under version control, Subversion cache
files, etc. The problem with command-line tools is you have to know how
they work; the problem with GUIs is to know the workflow they impose on
you and their limitations.
To the OP: I'd recommend to start with your favorite editor + gcc for
MinGW / MSYS command line. After you are able to run "Hello, world",
move to Eclipse.
With kind regards,
--
Baurzhan Ismagulov
http://www.kz-easy.com/