1) I wonder if the development team has consider to implement collapsable code features similar to those implemented in the jGrasp IDE: really helpful. When you have a couple thousand lines of source code the possibility of folding and collapsing the object already coded increases a lot the efficiency of the development process.
2) Is there any version of Dev-C++ for Linux? I know that, ironically, Dev-C++ is develop on Delphi, but maybe someone already found a way around it...
3) The help of Dev-C++ is needing some improvement indeed, but I guess that the team has been working on it...
Greeting to all, VH
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I would like Dev-C++ ported to Linux simply because of its versatility and relative simplicity. As a matter of fact, I haven't come across any IDE that have the same features in Linux. Besides, consider the ease of working in Windows or Linux using the same development environment...No doubt Linux is superior to Windows, particularly when programming enters the scene, so why not to port Dev-C++ to Linux as well?
Greetings, VH
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This is a huge problem from programmer's point of view. And given the number of bugs and feature request, I wouldn't count on this proposition being considered in the near future.
There's dev-cpp 0.7 which was based on kylix which is no longer supported. Now Borland says .net is the way to go, but they're not supporting it yet on linux. bc++ went another way - last time I checked it was an IDE built in Java building a code that used wxWindows.
So maybe it's going to be easier when (and if) dev-cpp is going to be ported to .net.
I can't believe that from the multitude of Linux development IDE there's nothing you liked.
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Let me offer you a different...perspective. The folks who bring you Dev are a small team of volunteers. They have their hands quite full with maintaining a C/C++ IDE on windows.
Suggestions to maintain Dev for other OS's (consider that one in the conext of Dev's Delphi development), and other languages (your Ada question is not unique there...several have asked about Objective C, Fortran and C# in similar ways), are stretching limited resources beyond the breaking point.
Perhaps, given the tradition of open-source projects, it might be a good thing if you were to volunteer to help the guys. Yes, the help has some OLD bugs in it (stdin and resource editor pop quickly to mind), maybe the help would be a good place for you to get your feet wet helping the team.
Wayne
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I personally kind of like Anjuta for C-C++ coding, and jGrasp for a more reaching compiling- and integration-oriented IDE. In the case of jGrasp I particularly like the possibility of folding your code at will, which make it easier to read and understand the code. I even considered saving the source code files with the visual enhancements provided by jGrasp, and use the resulting text in any user's manual /guide (if I ever finish the project and get into that mode).
My porting question has to do with the extensive list of IDEs out there. Dev-C++ classifies as a very nice one, not too heavy either, and to have it ported to other OS will encrease its popularity. This, however, poses many extra programming challenges, though, and maybe it's not worth the effort ath the end.
BTW, do you know if anyone is seriouly working on improving the Help for Dev-C++?
Greetings, VH
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I wouldn't wait for anything. post it somewhere once you have some work done - if it's useful people will use it, even if it doesn't make it into the official dev-cpp package.
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Many folks use the wxwindows module for displaying GUI: it comes with a variety of visual aids to build in wxwindows fashion. IMO this is the best way to make a cross-platform app visually.. A neat side effect is that your code can be ported to osx with little effort (well, relatively)
-M
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2004-09-11
Rewrite Dev-cpp from delphi into C++ and wxwidgets!
With this, it can be ported to ANY platform.
Of course this can't be done in one step. It's a three step process:
1) Rewriting the DevCPP code from Delphi-only to Delphi + wxWidgets.
2) Rewriting the Delphi(win) code into c++ (win). No cross-platform considerations should be done at this stage. (Altho CVS branches could be started with this).
3) When the C++ version of Dev-CPP is finished and fully workable on Windows, work on cross-compatibility could be done.
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So I propose that someone active in the project starts a new project entitled "cross-platform Dev-CPP".
The next three steps would be a major breakthru:
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4) When the cross-platform Dev-CPP is finished, we could start working on code folding, visual widget designing, etc.
5) When this works, we could finally use a stable release of Dev-cpp to make succesive changes to the UI.
6) Who knows? Maybe here the GUI could be available for other languages/compilers, mono, etc.
After these steps are taken, we could finally get rid of the proprietary Delphi code. What do you think?
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It would be awsome if there was a layout VB for like window programs so we can do menus visualy and icons and text boxes
claplace:
1) I wonder if the development team has consider to implement collapsable code features similar to those implemented in the jGrasp IDE: really helpful. When you have a couple thousand lines of source code the possibility of folding and collapsing the object already coded increases a lot the efficiency of the development process.
2) Is there any version of Dev-C++ for Linux? I know that, ironically, Dev-C++ is develop on Delphi, but maybe someone already found a way around it...
3) The help of Dev-C++ is needing some improvement indeed, but I guess that the team has been working on it...
Greeting to all, VH
1) http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=10639&atid=360639&func=detail&aid=941722
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=10639&atid=360639&func=detail&aid=820443
2) why would you want this IDE ported to Linux? There's plenty of IDEs to choose from there already.
3) this is open source project, so if you feel like something needs to be changed send the changes and the team will consider adding/changing.
Marek:
I would like Dev-C++ ported to Linux simply because of its versatility and relative simplicity. As a matter of fact, I haven't come across any IDE that have the same features in Linux. Besides, consider the ease of working in Windows or Linux using the same development environment...No doubt Linux is superior to Windows, particularly when programming enters the scene, so why not to port Dev-C++ to Linux as well?
Greetings, VH
This is a huge problem from programmer's point of view. And given the number of bugs and feature request, I wouldn't count on this proposition being considered in the near future.
There's dev-cpp 0.7 which was based on kylix which is no longer supported. Now Borland says .net is the way to go, but they're not supporting it yet on linux. bc++ went another way - last time I checked it was an IDE built in Java building a code that used wxWindows.
So maybe it's going to be easier when (and if) dev-cpp is going to be ported to .net.
I can't believe that from the multitude of Linux development IDE there's nothing you liked.
Victor,
Let me offer you a different...perspective. The folks who bring you Dev are a small team of volunteers. They have their hands quite full with maintaining a C/C++ IDE on windows.
Suggestions to maintain Dev for other OS's (consider that one in the conext of Dev's Delphi development), and other languages (your Ada question is not unique there...several have asked about Objective C, Fortran and C# in similar ways), are stretching limited resources beyond the breaking point.
Perhaps, given the tradition of open-source projects, it might be a good thing if you were to volunteer to help the guys. Yes, the help has some OLD bugs in it (stdin and resource editor pop quickly to mind), maybe the help would be a good place for you to get your feet wet helping the team.
Wayne
Marek:
I personally kind of like Anjuta for C-C++ coding, and jGrasp for a more reaching compiling- and integration-oriented IDE. In the case of jGrasp I particularly like the possibility of folding your code at will, which make it easier to read and understand the code. I even considered saving the source code files with the visual enhancements provided by jGrasp, and use the resulting text in any user's manual /guide (if I ever finish the project and get into that mode).
My porting question has to do with the extensive list of IDEs out there. Dev-C++ classifies as a very nice one, not too heavy either, and to have it ported to other OS will encrease its popularity. This, however, poses many extra programming challenges, though, and maybe it's not worth the effort ath the end.
BTW, do you know if anyone is seriouly working on improving the Help for Dev-C++?
Greetings, VH
I think dev-cpp needs a lot work on windows platform. porting it to another one would probably mean a complete rewrite.
AFAIK No one is working on help for dev-cpp.
someone is working on slightly different version of dev-cpp here: http://g.yi.org/f.php?f=18594
I like it
Feel free to drop Colin a line and volunteer your help and corrections.
I have also been in touch with Colin to get the FAQ updated to reflect the excellent work that Adrian has done.
Wayne
I wouldn't wait for anything. post it somewhere once you have some work done - if it's useful people will use it, even if it doesn't make it into the official dev-cpp package.
Many folks use the wxwindows module for displaying GUI: it comes with a variety of visual aids to build in wxwindows fashion. IMO this is the best way to make a cross-platform app visually.. A neat side effect is that your code can be ported to osx with little effort (well, relatively)
-M
Rewrite Dev-cpp from delphi into C++ and wxwidgets!
With this, it can be ported to ANY platform.
Of course this can't be done in one step. It's a three step process:
1) Rewriting the DevCPP code from Delphi-only to Delphi + wxWidgets.
2) Rewriting the Delphi(win) code into c++ (win). No cross-platform considerations should be done at this stage. (Altho CVS branches could be started with this).
3) When the C++ version of Dev-CPP is finished and fully workable on Windows, work on cross-compatibility could be done.
---
So I propose that someone active in the project starts a new project entitled "cross-platform Dev-CPP".
The next three steps would be a major breakthru:
---
4) When the cross-platform Dev-CPP is finished, we could start working on code folding, visual widget designing, etc.
5) When this works, we could finally use a stable release of Dev-cpp to make succesive changes to the UI.
6) Who knows? Maybe here the GUI could be available for other languages/compilers, mono, etc.
After these steps are taken, we could finally get rid of the proprietary Delphi code. What do you think?