Hey guys, Guess what... I worked!!! Somehow I think I installed the same thing, but with the link you gave me, I had the option to choose which compilers to install. After choosing a C compiler (even thought I wrote "C++" code) it worked. Well there are some problems with my code now, but at least I get errors pointing at specific lines instead of just getting "Cannot execute child process".
Anyway, thanks guys! Also I think you should mention about this MinGW on your site, so others can benefit from my experience without too much trouble. Basically what i had to install was: -Geany -GTK+ Runtime Environment (not sure if this was actually necessary) -Selected compilers from the link you gave me via the Automated MinGW installer (5.1.3) Also i had to set the path to the g++.exe like this: C:\MinGW\bin\g++ -Wall -c "%f" This path also worked: C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe -Wall -c "%f" Again thanks for your help. Regards, Alex. On 3/14/08, Nick Treleaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
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