> i even use 'vi' to edit my files.

You're a mad man :-)

> the difficulty you have with learning makefiles

I learnt makefiles years ago, and fortunately haven't had to deal with
them for some time :-) It was going back to them that was painful - it
felt like going back to the 80s. There are nicer ways to do things these
days :-)

> if an IDE is available, i would prefer to find a backdoor to call
> the compiler tools directly so i can tweak the compilation options
> to my liking. 

All the IDE's I use can set all the compiler options. And since I mainly
use Delphi and Pascal (and C# a bit), there is no need for makefiles -
Pascal doesn't need them.

> ps: installing cygwin + prc-tools = 10 minute job with latest cygwin
>     (if you know what you are doing - thats the big question *g*)

Yes, it is a big question. It shouldn't be, but it is. Installation
programs have moved on in the last few decades too :-) Why should I need
to learn cygwin before I can do a simple install?


Cheers,
Jim Cooper

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Jim Cooper         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Falafel Software   http://www.falafelsoft.co.uk
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