RE: [ jEdit-users ] OT: C++ compiler for Windows that plays well with jEdit

[Jeffrey B. <jf...@ro...>]

Todd,

Borland provides C++ Builder (console compiler,linker, etc.) and Turbo
Debugger free of charge. Here's the link:

http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html#

You have to become a member of the Borland Developer Network but
registration is free.

You might also want to look at cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). From the
site:

"Cygwin is a UNIX environment, developed by Red Hat, for Windows. It
consists of two parts:
A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a UNIX emulation layer providing
substantial UNIX API functionality.
A collection of tools, ported from UNIX, which provide UNIX/Linux look and
feel."

It has ports of gcc and gcc2.

As for the location of the .jedit directory on windows:

Win9X/ME: c:\windows\.jedit
WinNT   : c:\winnt\profiles\<username>\.jedit
Win2K   : c:\Documents and Settings\<username>\.jedit

I think WinXP is has a similar directory structure.

Hope this helps.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:jed...@li...]On Behalf Of Todd O'Bryan
>
> Sorry for the off-topic post, but does anybody know of a decent *free*
> C++ compiler for Windows that would work well with jEdit (just using the
> Console plug-in, probably). Although our Intro class is moving to Java,
> the AP class still has to be in C++ for one more year. At school, we'll
> be using jEdit and gcc on Linux, but most of my students probably don't
> have Linux at home, and most of their parents probably want to be able
> to use AOL, so telling them to dump Windows for Linux probably isn't an
> option.
>
> Prepare for on-topic switch:
>
> Also given that the students probably mostly have dial-up connections,
> we're thinking of burning CDs with downloaded JDK installers, the jEdit
> installer, some crutch classes (like a class to handle intro IO), etc.
> If we get a jEdit version set up with exactly what we want in terms of
> indentation, syntax coloring, plugins installed, etc., is it just a
> matter of having them copy the .jedit folder to the appropriate spot
> (Does .jedit exist in Windows, and where's the appropriate spot to copy
> it to?), or is it more complicated?
>
> Thanks for all the help everybody!
> Todd