[Mingw-users] MinGW IDE

[Mike L <mi...@sp...>]

Hi there,

I've been using MinGW for the past few months, (I subscribed to the list
briefly while I was getting it up & running but I've been un-subscribed for
a while now).  I've been keeping up with the latest patches and aside from a
few bumps along the way, I've been using the compiler without too many
problems. The setup I have right now is the gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt (1999) with
the the latest development snapshot archive installed overtop, and it seems
to be working fine (is this the recommended setup right now?). I've also
been using STLPort 4.0 which has been working fine too (though I haven't had
much luck building the iostream libraries, but that's another story). It's a
decent compiler for Windows games since you don't need any MFC junk, so I
like it.

Anyhow, one of the things I wanted when I started using the compiler was a
usable IDE -- nothing too complicated, just one that would let me use the
editor of my choice, make makefiles, keep track of source, make libs, etc.
Some of you may have tried RSXIDE:
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~rainer/

What I liked about it was its minimalist design and the fact that it
concentrates on being a convenient IDE-only. (Plus I used to use Watcom, and
it follows the same design principle, with cleaner GUI :) I had to edit
the .ini file to get it running, but it worked with some limitations (and a
few bugs). The site doesn't appear to have been updated since 1999, and I
think some of the compiler switches have changed since this IDE was written.
Anyways, since it's GPL, I decided to see if I could fix it up more to my
liking, and as it turns out, it wasn't too much work to get it running more
the way I wanted.

I've posted the updates, with info about what changes were made on my
website:
http://www.spacejack.org/rsxide/

I emailed the author a few days ago but I'm not sure if he checks the
website or if he's on vacation or what :)  Anyways, I just thought I'd let
the people on this list know and see if there is any interest. Are there any
other IDEs that MinGW users prefer? What do most people use with MinGW?

Give it a spin if you're looking for a simple IDE and feel free to email me
if you have questions or suggestions.

- Mike