Thanks again for your patience. I'm using g++ -o on the command line to produce an executable which I then run from the command line. The code can be written in anything of course - I just ensure it ends on cpp. There's no problem editing and running C++ code this way.
Your wrapper idea below seems ideal, I will try it. Sent from my mobile On 19 Aug 2011, at 12:45 PM, Maarten Sneep <maarten.sn...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:36:21 -0700 (PDT), peter wrote: >> should be very simple this [ it is in textmate ]: >> >> I just want to run some *simple* C++ code from within BBEdit. What on >> earth is a shebang error ? Can someone give me straightforward guide >> how to do this ? > > To be a bit less blunt than my previous response: What do you expect to > happen? > > Do you have C++ source code in the editor, and do you want to run the program > that would be a result of this? Or do you have a C++ based compiled tool, and > do you want to process the front document with said tool? > > The fact that to C++ code is simple doesn't matter. #! supports scripts: text > files that start with #! and follow on with an interpreter for the rest of > the script. This tells BBEdit which tool to use to run the script. Compiled > programs work differently, and cannot be placed in #!. > > Create a wrapper script around the tool, and run it from there, just like any > other tool. That assumes the second use case. > > Maarten > -- > Something like: > > #!/bin/bash > > TOOL=/path/to/my/cplusplus/tool > > $TOOL < /dev/stdin > /dev/stdout > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" > discussion group on Google Groups. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>