dev-cpp-users

Re: [Dev-C++] What have I done this time? Thanks

[Roger F. <ra...@ha...>]

Aloha from Honolulu,
   First, a big thank you (Mahalo) to Alfred, Reid, and Malcolm for your 
help.
   Second, to Malcolm in particular: I started with wxDevC++ that had 
wxWidgets beta 6.3.  You responded to an earlier question of mine and 
suggested getting beta 6.4, which I did and mentioned in a thank You email:

    Re: [Dev-C++] wxWidgets, wxDevC++, Thanks

      I just want to say thank you to Malcolm for your patient
    explanation.  I downloaded the latest version of wxDevC++ with
    wxWidgets Beta 6.4. 

It was this version of wxDevC++ that asked if I wanted to precompile the 
header files.  It did this at the end of the installation process and 
warned that it would take some time (it took about 7 minutes).

The erroneous "*/"" was placed in the email during email composition.  I 
didn't use any of the original comments in the source files that I hand 
typed.  The original tutorial was in two columns.  The left had the code 
and the right the text.  When I first copy/paste'd I inserted the text 
in using the "/*...*/"" for comments.  The compiler shows comments in 
blue on my IDE, so it's hard to make a mistake.

As for the project file; I used the "wxWidgets Frame" and also the 
"Empty Project" at different times.  The problems occured no matter which.

   Third, to Alfred and Reid, can you explain what MinGW is?  I thought 
it _was_ part of DevC++ since it shows up in the "About" screen under 
the main "Help" menu.  Also, I have never used the command line to 
compile or run anything, since the IDE is so convenient and has all the 
messages etc. 

   Finally, once again, I thank you for the time you have taken to help 
me out and keep me going.   I have yet to follow up on all the advice 
you've given, but will soon.

BTW, yes, I'm using WinXP Pro.  I have made a second bootable partition 
ready for Linux, but haven't decided what distribution to use--does 
anyone have a preference/suggestion?  I have a SUSE 9.1 desktop live 
eval that came with an issue of Linux User magazine.  But this may be a 
subject for a different user group.

Mahalo, My Thanks to all,
Aloha,
Roger Furer

Re: [Dev-C++] What have I done this time? Thanks

[Alfred P. R. <al...@ya...>]

Hi Roger,
 
You're very welcome, Roger!
 
MinGW is Minimal GNU (Linux) for Windows, a minimal implementation of the software development part of Linux.  It contains useful command line utilities such as gcc, gdb, etc.  Parts of it are redundant when you use Dev-Cpp, but I sometimes check my Dev-Cpp compile on it to insure that the make files work without the GUI of Dev-Cpp.  It's not really necessary, and I believe Msys will run without it, though that just my opinion from the Msys install batch file that asks you if it's installed.  I've never said no!
 
It's not recommended to install Linux on top of Windows, rather install Windows on top of Linux.  I'm a fan of Red Hat, personally, but I would recommend browsing the Internet for user reviews of the different Linux distributions.

Roger Furer <ra...@ha...> wrote:

Aloha from Honolulu,
First, a big thank you (Mahalo) to Alfred, Reid, and Malcolm for your 
help.
<snip>
Third, to Alfred and Reid, can you explain what MinGW is? I thought 
it _was_ part of DevC++ since it shows up in the "About" screen under 
the main "Help" menu. Also, I have never used the command line to 
compile or run anything, since the IDE is so convenient and has all the 
messages etc. 
<snip>
BTW, yes, I'm using WinXP Pro. I have made a second bootable partition 
ready for Linux, but haven't decided what distribution to use--does 
anyone have a preference/suggestion? I have a SUSE 9.1 desktop live 
eval that came with an issue of Linux User magazine. But this may be a 
subject for a different user group.
<snip>




Alfred P. Reaud