Hi Ford, you need to learn how to use "command line" programming.
The IDE concept looks good to a beginning programmer but when you get to a
serious program with 50 - 1000 functions, you need to have a serious
Makefile and a library of functions.
For now on Linux just make a directory off your home called c-prog or like
that and do your program writing there with joe, or if you prefer vi. To
compile the file gotcha.c you simply type gcc gotcha.c and it will either
give you a.out, the result or a guess about errors in your function(s).
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Ford Prefect wrote:
> I'm a C programmer, and am used to (don't hit me) Windows programs, mainly
> the Borland family of IDEs. Could someone direct me towards a couple
> books that explain GCC, and mainly GDB? I know how to get what I need out
> of a graphical IDE, but since I'm making the transition to Linux
> full-time, I figure I've got to learn how to use GDB sooner or later, and
> the man pages just don't give me enough hand-holding.
>
> Glynn, I CC'd you because you seem to be one of the "higher-ups" in the
> Linux programming world, thought you might have an idea off the top of
> your head where I should turn for assistance. Thanks all.
>
>
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> Steve Huston - Rowan University Comp Sci Major
> New Jersey, USA
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> "And no one sings me lullabies,
> and no one makes me close my eyes;
> And so I throw the windows wide
> and call to you across the sky" --Pink Floyd, "Echoes"
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