[wplug] IDE for C and C++

[mdanish at andrew.cmu.edu]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 09:32:02AM -0400, Weber, Larry A wrote:
> I have been looking for a good IDE to develop C and C++ programs.  So far I
> have tried DDD, KDevelop, and KDBug.
Emacs, vim

There's good reasons they've been around and popular for so wrong.

That, gdb, gcc, make, and an rxvt is all ya need, and you can skimp on
that even since Emacs has all sorts of wild extensions for compiling and
debugging programs from within it.

> 
> DDD was installed from an RPM so it runs but seems to be very buggy when
> interfacing to kplot.
> 
> So I have two questions:
> 
> Has anyone had good success with an IDE (or at least a GUI interface to
> gdb)?
I've never used a graphical interface to gdb myself.  It's not that hard
to work with.

> 
> How do I get around the problem where installations are looking for the
> wrong compiler tools?
> 
> (Using RH7.1, with gcc 3.0 installed in /usr/local/bin)
Well, given the various odd places that RH puts things, you'll probably have
to futz around with environment variables and symlinks, and configuration
variables which are app-specific.

> 
> -laweber
> 
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