In article <1147889232.031191.42160@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Jonathan Hoyle" <jonhoyle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://www.eclipse.org
]. I am even told that Eclipse will wrap gcc
> (the compiler on the Mac used for Xcode), so it might possibly give you
> C++ capabilities too.
That's the CDT plugin for Eclipse. It works rather well as long as what
you developing is straight console applications (and you can stand MDI
application; I just hate it). Getting, say, an OpenGL app to compile
takes a bit more work. I haven't managed to compile projects that use
custom libraries, but then I haven't tried very hard.
Pros: - free
- active community
- Java and C++
- many more plugins in development
- it's not going to disappear in the foreseable future
Cons: - MDI
- a very "busy" interface. Lots of space occupied by buttons
that you use maby 0.01% of the time
- does not seem to have anything equivalent to CW's source trees
- as a consequence it seems that projects use a lot of hard
paths and therefore cannot be moved around from one computer
to another
- it does not seem to be possible to make multi-target projects
- getting the compiler to find the header files and libs you
want it to use can be an exercise in frustration.
I would be willing to put up with most of the cons if Eclipse had a
non-MDI mode.
jyh.
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