Mike, You can download a copy of vim for windows from http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc
I also like textpad which has syntax highlighting for source code files. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mike or Penny Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Andreas, > > I think we are getting somewhere > > >Please take a look at > >http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/browser/gnucash/branches/gda-dev2/packaging/win32 > > > > > So I would want to get the compiler (and presumably including a > link-editor) here? "This is achieved by using the mingw32/gcc compiler > environment". Where do I go for that? > > Especially because of the time required to "make" the whole kit and > caboodle, I would want to be able to compile and link edit individual > components (and yes, my background is in that sort of environment where > programmers/analysts were expected to be able to determine if their > change was going to affect anything globally (remake the whole thing) or > entirely local (recompile and relink just the altered component). That > is of course just for TESTING as changes are developed. > > >Pre-compiled versions of emacs can be found > >at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ (if you want to use miktex as > >well, take a look at > >http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/download-for-windows.html ) > > > > > Thanks. Any chance there is a gvim equivalent for Windows? Or any > other suggested "language sensitive" editors? > > >Additionally, you will want to use gdb as debugger, see > >http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Debugging_with_gdb . I have > >updated that page a little bit, but it probably needs more input from > >those actively developing with Windows :-) > > > > > It might sound strange, but in practice been many decades since I > ever complied anything with debugging "on" (just knowing where the > problem was sufficient for me to spot it -- so recompile with an > assertion or two -- and again influenced by knowing that this sort of > change HAD to be local and a recompile/relink of a single component > fast). My bailiwick was applications ~500,000 lines (in 300 modules) > running against databases whose compressed size was in gigabytes. > > -- > There is no possibility of social justice on a dead planet except the > equality > of the grave. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
