Nedelcu,
> [I'm] looking for an IDE (other than wpe ) to work on my Linux
> box. There are a lot for Java, but not for C/C++ . Something to draw my
> forms with.
For the last few years, my development environment (IDE - integrated)
for writing widgets (graphical classes) including dialogs (forms) has been
emacs (programmable editor)
gcc (C/C++ compiler)
gdb (C/C++ debugger)
info (online hypertext documentation)
c-mode (emacs macro)
c++-mode (emacs macro)
This combination includes online documentation, symbolic debugging,
navigation to definition, declaration, usage, error line, etc., source entry
syntax checking, and syntax presentation (color-coding). The only feature
I do not currently have is alsep (automatic syntax expansion on entry) but
only because I have not yet installed electric-c++ (emacs macro).
At work, I must use MS Developer Studio/Visual C++ and emacs/gcc/gdb.
I usually find emacs/gcc/gdb easier to use, especially because of its easy
programability (by macros). The only feature of Developer Studio, not in
emacs is WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get), but I have found that the
WYSIWYG nature limits the range of widgets available and creates huge volumes
of extra code. While the limits are not usually significant for my company's
applications, the time spent examining and adjusting the large volume of
extra (usually dead) code generated is expensive. When not examined, subtle
interactions in the extra code usually turn into costly debugging sessions
when the customer hits them.
My opinion,
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Robert Meier
FANUC Robotics North America, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 1-248-377-7469 Fax: 1-248-377-7363
