How do I get strarted with using GCC?

[Sven Eschenberg]

Yo

Depending on your platform you might consider different Tools I guess.
For Dos, you might wanna look at djgpp (if that still exists)
For Windows mingw, bloodshed's devcpp might come in handy, sinsce it 
will deliver a gui+mingw.
Of Course you can use Eclipse or Netbeans, I guess, though they are 
monsters, they don't seem to be useable by normal People (As most IDEs).
Alternatives are Codeblocks (cross platform, like netbeans/eclipse), 
Anjuta for Gnome, Kdevelop for KDE.
I personally still use vi (or any syntax highlighting editor) and run 
gcc manually, or use autotools for bigger projects.

Regards

-Sven


Shad schrieb:
> Yo
> 
>   I need some basic pointers (no pun intended).  I have been 
> writing/compiling code using Borland and Micro$oft development packages 
> under Windows and DOS for a long time but haven't done much for the past 
> four years or so.  I am trying to get a handle (sts) on GCC and am 
> overwhelmed by the manual.  Is there a simple "howto" for just starting 
> with GCC?  Is there any kind of GUI package available for programming in 
> it?  Is there any package for developing GUIs for user interfaces with 
> the fundamental program body?
> 
>    I believe that once I get started I can ramp up the learning curve 
> pretty rapidly -- I just haven't tried to start from scratch with any 
> programming package in about 25 years and am simply overwhelmed by what 
> I can find.
> 
>    Thanx
> 
> Shad