On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:50:06 -0600 "Alexandru Guzu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] > As far as executing Geany in the cygwin environment.. I suppose I > have to compile the file using the command line, separately from > Geany. And even the cygwin minght not be "complete" in the sense that > it may require another piece of software, and so on. I don't really I haven't used cygwin myself, but it is quite a big suite of software. Personally I just use the MinGW tools. Also I should warn you that compiling Geany on Windows is quite involved, and shouldn't be necessary. > like fiddling with such software. When I was working in java, I used > Eclipse, and i just had to install some java stuff, but I knew > exactly what to install. Now i don't know what compiler works "out of > the box" with Geany on Windows. The MinGW gcc compiler should work, I use it myself. You may already have done this, but just in case you downloaded only gcc, use the 'Automated MinGW Installer' program: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435 Also you should probably read any documentation for MinGW. I understand it can be a barrier having to install tools yourself, but Geany is meant to be a lightweight IDE, and many people use Geany who don't want to do any C programming. So it doesn't make sense for us to offer a bundled download. Of course, someone could make a MinGW-Geany bundle if they want to, under the terms of the GNU GPL. > Probably it's not a good idea to use Geany on Windows after all. > Has anyone actually been able to compile with Geany under Windows, > and if so, what are the steps? Besides what I mentioned earlier, you should check that you can compile with gcc from the command prompt (usually cmd.exe). If this is the case, it's possible there is a bug with Geany's build support on Windows. Another thing to try is writing a Makefile and using the Build->Make command, after configuring the make tool in preferences. (Most useful projects should use makefiles anyway.) Just to be clear - both gcc and make work fine for me on Windows 2000 with a recent version of Geany (read 0.13). Regards, Nick _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
