On Friday 26 March 2004 02:16, you wrote: > On Friday 26 March 2004 12:04 am, Kevin Brown wrote: > >Mike wrote: > > Here is a really good question. I installed all of > > my development tools after I had installed the OS > > and I can't find them. I can do my coding in vi, but I have no idea how > > to > > compile the code or debug in a terminal. If > > > anyone knows were I should look for my tools in > > SuSE 8.2 please let me know. Also I would like to > > add them to my start apps. menu, how would I go about that? > > > >>Most of the Dev stuff is just headers for the > >> various libs and your compilers (gcc and g++). I > >> don't know what if any GUI IDEs will be put on the system. what little I > >>know of compiling an app comes from a > >> dev already having created a make file or having a > >> configure script from the autoconf tools to use. debug is done with gdb > >> and strace from command-line. > > I seem to remember gcc and g++ from years ago, but I had gotten spoiled > with Visual Studio, due to school requiring all of my programs work > w/Visual C++ I also seem to remember doing some c++ coding using RH 6, but > when I coded the text changed colors on certain key words.. Does this ring > a bell. Maybe I was using Emacs, I don't know, but it was sure different.. > Thanks for the input.... The version of emacs I'm using does color coding. (It seems that every Linux system I use has a different version of emacs or xemacs with different settings.) I've never encountered a Linux distro that included visual development tools, but it would sure be nice. I've been using Borland's Kylix for over a year, and although it's similar to VC++ (and in some ways better) it seems like Borland's not doing much with it. Plus support stinks - you basically have to pay dearly for everything beyond install support, even if you have the $300 commercial version. I had high hopes for Eclipse, but that's a Java tool and I haven't yet gotten the C++ plugins working. I also haven't seen a visual dialog editor for that yet either. Vaughn --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss