On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 03:25:58PM -0800, Bill Russell wrote:
> I am trying to figure what the best "environment" set up is that people are
> using for the GNU tool set. I recently downloaded the PRC tools, the latest
> SDK (v. 3.5), POSE (and ROM), PilRC and Cygnus. While I think I understand
> how all the tools work together, I have had a difficult time debugging code
> because error messages fly by at the speed of light, and I am unable to
> redirect them to a file. It appears that GCC does not output to stdout.
Right. GCC outputs to stderr; command.com does not let you redirect
stderr. Cygnus includes bash IIRC; use it instead of command.com and
you can redirect stderr. If bash is too foreign to you, you might try
4DOS (a shareware command interpreter). Or, you can just run make from
within a decent programmer's editor and it will capture stdout and
stderr.
> Also, when I try to use the make utility with Cygnus, it barfs because I
> edit the makefile with edit.com which converts tabs to spaces. How do you
There is a utility called "tabify" which converts spaces back to tabs,
but the best option is a real editor. Emacs or vi would be the standard
choice on Unix, but both programs have a steep learning curve. Since
you seem to like DOS programs, you might want to look for RHIDE, which
is basically a free clone of Borland's old DOS IDE.
> get around these problems, and what do you recommend for setting up an
> optimal working "environment" using the GNU tools? Also, is anyone using
> Cygnus for more than the .dll required for PRC tools? It is taking up 14MB
> of space, and I haven't figured out what value it brings. Any help is
Cygnus provides make, bash, and a host of other useful utilities. You
may not need them all, but it's probably best to keep them all to be on
the safe side.
-Ben
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