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From: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <metcalfj@synapse.bms.com>
Subject: Q:  How do I create complex makefiles in FreeBSD?
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Hello,

I have a question related to program development.  I often have to
compile new software for FreeBSD using "make" and its script "Makefile".
In some Integrated Devolpment Environments such as Borland C, these
makefiles can be automatically generated.  Obviously Makefiles can
get very complicated.  In the UNIX environment (particularly FreeBSD),
are these Makefiles created by hand?  Or are there perhaps GUI tools
in X that the folks who work with say the FreeBSD ports use to generate
them?  It seems to me that the task of creating Makefiles is so mundane
that it must surely be automated somehow.  Are there any ASCII based 
tools to do it?

Also, I have a second development question.  Are there any X development
tools for FreeBSD (commercial and free) that are similar in capability to 
the Borland Delphi or C++ Builder development packages?  If there are
none that rival Borland's packages, what are the best GUI development
tools available for FreeBSD and XFree86?

Thank You,

JM
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