On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:05:13PM +0200, Kai Ruottu wrote: >>> Is there any kind of GUI package available for programming in it? >> Things like Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/) have been used with >> GCC > > Not by me, so I downloaded the Eclipse C/C++ IDE and tried to look > "how one compiles with it"... These things seemed to have implemented > by "some aliens from Ganymede" because I didn't understand anything :( > The "paradigm shift" may be just as hard from command line to a GUI... Yes, definitely. I've recently set up Eclipse + MSYS + gcc, it took a couple of weeks to migrate an existing Makefile-based project. After that, I still had numerous issues with e.g. perspectives, C++ indexer, Eclipse configuration files under version control, Subversion cache files, etc. The problem with command-line tools is you have to know how they work; the problem with GUIs is to know the workflow they impose on you and their limitations. To the OP: I'd recommend to start with your favorite editor + gcc for MinGW / MSYS command line. After you are able to run "Hello, world", move to Eclipse. With kind regards, -- Baurzhan Ismagulov http://www.kz-easy.com/
