From: root AT jacob DOT remcomp DOT fr (root) Subject: Re: GUI 22 Dec 1996 12:53:14 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Content-Type: text Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <199612220344.TAA06296@toccata.fugue.com> from "Ted Lemon" at Dec 21, 96 07:44:32 pm Content-Length: 1758 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > > > > Are any of the compiler tools going to get a GUI? I think it would be gre= > > at to simply click option boxs for command line parameters, or browse for = > > source files. > > Visual C++ is pretty cheap if you want a GUI. Personally, I don't > know why you'd want that - I recently prototyped a project with Visual > C++ and then converted it to build under Cygwin32, and breathed a big > sigh of relief when I was finally able to type ``make'' instead of > having to screw around with the damned GUI (Godawful User Interface). > > _MelloN_ Yes. That's great idea. And when you are at it, use 'vi', what a GREAT editor. And then, what a GREAT relief of not using the GUI debugger!!! For instance, instead of just clicking over the name of something to be displayed at the screen, type gdb's commands (how easy isn't it? Oh! you forgot it, type help !) print myvariable print backtrace print print print How NICE is that! I think that for people that LIKE typing like you, that is surely heaven! That's right. STAY WITH gdb, vi and all that. And when you want the definition of something type (yes type and type) :!sh (to get out of vi) bash$ grep myfunction *.[ch] >tmpfile bash$ vi tmpfile bash$ rm tmpfile bash$ exit [type return to continue] Just a mouse click at the symbol's name? HOW AWFUL!!! WHAT A HORRIBLE IDEA!!! I LOVE TYPING!!! For all others, I am writing an IDE/Visual debugger that will try to incorporate the windowed interface conceptually. It is stupid that programmers write GUI programs for others and do not benefit from the easy of use of the GUI programs themselves! -- Jacob Navia Logiciels/Informatique 41 rue Maurice Ravel Tel 01 48.23.51.44 93430 Villetaneuse Fax 01 48.23.95.39 France - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".