On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > To edit your programs, use some editor like vi, emacs, gedit ... or > any other that you like. > To compile, use a suitable compiler. For C, for example, > > $ gcc -o hello hello.c I always prefer vi for writing small C programs. After you are comfortable with vim you will love the simplicity yet power it offers. You can use vi as an mini-IDE! Here is how ...
For compiling you need to set makeprg as follows: press Esc Esc :set makeprg=/usr/bin/gcc\ '%' Enter appropriate path of gcc above here % refers to the current filename now :make will compile the program and take the cursor to the first error !! you can do :cnext :cprevious to step through errors. to run your program: :!./a.out This is I think an IDE-like functionality in an editor --> Very Cool :) Of course you can write a Makefile and simply say :make But for small programs the above method is very easy. HTH Nikhil -- I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. -- Calvin -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
