On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 09:42:33AM +0530, Raju Mathur wrote:
> There's RHIDE for Linux, which (from the one screenshot I saw)
> appears to look and work exactly like Turbo C. Anyone willing to
> evaluate that in terms of usefulness to schools?
I have used XWPE (available from www.identicalsoftware.com) at IIC
extensively. I found that most people are happy when they see their
familiar TC-like IDE.
For the uninitiated, XWPE is "identical" to TC in look and feel. Even
the key-strokes for common tasks are the same with Alt- replaced with
Esc-. It works with gcc/g++ and is highly recommended for anyone who
is already familiar with the TC IDE under DOS/Windows.
I also found that once people had used XWPE (which incidentally runs
on the console just as well as under X) they found it easier to migrate
to a vi/emacs + gcc/g++ combination. This was possible as XWPE reports the
commands that it uses to compile/run a program in the message window.
So its users are finally aware of the actual gcc/g++ command used, unlike TC.
I have come across good reports about RHIDE too but somehow never got
down to trying it myself.
PS: Time to shift the school-project related threads to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to avoid cluttering the main list and also for making the discussions more
focussed.
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