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[Dev-C++] Linux support without a Linux port

[<li...@as...>]

It seems that a Linux port once existed but isnt part of the landscape 
any more because of effort and Borland 'issues'.

But it also seems to me that a good workaround would be to support Linux 
development from Windows, ie. running DevC++ user Windows with a slave
Linux box (or virtual machine - VMWare etc) hosting the source files
on a shared directory. A cross compiling version of GCC (Windows hosted,
Linux output) would be installed under DevC++, and DevC++ would
communicate with a Linux GDB on the Linux box/VM for running.debugging
the generated Linux app (should be straightforward as DevC++ already 
handles GDB as a 'remote' program).

In the absence of a true Linux port of Dev-C++, that would be very useful 
for the Linux/cross-platform developers.

Of course there are nice, free IDE's for Linux, but none (that I know
of, other than the Java-based Eclipse IDE) that help cross-platform
development on both Windows and Linux.

Doesnt seem like a major piece of work to do this (though I'm no
expert) - anyone else have an opinion on this?

Re: [Dev-C++] Linux support without a Linux port

[Colin L. <ha...@bl...>]

Hello,

> But it also seems to me that a good workaround would be to support Linux
> development from Windows, ie. running DevC++ user Windows with a slave
> Linux box (or virtual machine - VMWare etc) hosting the source files
> on a shared directory. A cross compiling version of GCC (Windows hosted,
> Linux output) would be installed under DevC++, and DevC++ would
> communicate with a Linux GDB on the Linux box/VM for running.debugging
> the generated Linux app (should be straightforward as DevC++ already
> handles GDB as a 'remote' program).

Cross compiling to Linux from Dev-C++ should be easy. Just install a Win32 
cross compiler that generates x86-elf code on your windows, and configure the 
path and names in Compiler Options of Dev-C++ to match the one of your cross 
compiler. For the part of running GDB from a linux launched in a VMWare, I 
don't use VMWare and don't really know if that would possible (it would need 
some kind of protocol between the host and slave system - available to 
running programs - which would suprise me if it exists).

Greetings,
Colin Laplace

> In the absence of a true Linux port of Dev-C++, that would be very useful
> for the Linux/cross-platform developers.
>
> Of course there are nice, free IDE's for Linux, but none (that I know
> of, other than the Java-based Eclipse IDE) that help cross-platform
> development on both Windows and Linux.
>
> Doesnt seem like a major piece of work to do this (though I'm no
> expert) - anyone else have an opinion on this?
>
>
>
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