Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:46:45 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Matthias Trevarthan <trevarthan@wingnet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD C/C++ Development Environment (updated) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210181843580.18443-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210181832280.18443-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, John Bleichert wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:36:59 -0400 (EDT) > From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > To: Matthias Trevarthan <trevarthan@wingnet.net> > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Matthias Trevarthan wrote: > > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:30:41 -0400 > > From: Matthias Trevarthan <trevarthan@wingnet.net> > > > > Howdy. > > > > I'm a Windows C/C++ DirectX developer turned FreeBSD systems administrator. > > > > What is the standard development environment on FreeBSD systems for C/C++? > > > > Does everyone really just use a Makefile, and editor like VIM, and a > > command-line compiler? Or is that just the distributed format, and everyone > > uses something else to actually write/debug their code? > > > > You'll have to forgive my ignorance. I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio > > for the last 6 years. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Matthias > > > > If you like a full IDE like Visual Studio, check out KDevelop. A slimmer > but function-rich C/C++ editor is Code Crusader. I prefer Nedit. And yes, > Make and makefiles are the way to go. There are many front-ends to the > command line compilers (KDevelop and Code Crusader both provide compile > buttons) but they all use the command line stuff behind the scenes. > > All those editors and many more are in the ports collection. I used VS for > a few years, I used Code Crusader for quite a while when I switched to > *nix, and I now prefer Nedit as it's useful for many, many languages. vi > and emacs are fine too, but I prefer a graphical editor. I use vi > constantly on remote boxes. > > Also, there's Visual Slickedit. It's not even nearly free, but many people use it at work in Windows, Linux and AIX and it's an excellent, full-blown IDE. http://www.slickedit.com/ I still prefer Nedit, but I would have been remiss in my duties if I didn't point this one out :) Runs on lots of platforms. JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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