Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <389E47D6.B217CFAC@ctam.com.au> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 15:19:34 +1100 From: Brendan J Simon Reply-To: Brendan DOT Simon AT ctam DOT com DOT au Organization: CTAM Pty Ltd, Australia. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: brendan achola CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: GCC compiler References: <000001bf70b2$6ae2c7c0$6d71bfa8 AT apl DOT com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------488087FA003166E84DE4A59A" --------------488087FA003166E84DE4A59A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit brendan achola wrote: > To whom it may consern, I recently downloaded the cygwin software the > full.exe version and I was wondering if I need the binary source code > too. All I need this software for is to use the compiler. Can Write my > programs in notepad and compile them in cygwin?Or does cygwin have > it's own compiler like vi from unix?Some information on how to use gcc > will be highly appreciated.from Brendan > > You do not need the source code. > Yes you can write your programs with notepad and compile with GCC. > vi is not a compiler; it is an editor. If you got to the contribs > section of the cygwin site, you will see editors that have been ported > to cygwin (vi, emacs, etc). You do not need a cygwin compiled > editor. Any editor or IDE of your choice should work. > > Brendan Simon. > --------------488087FA003166E84DE4A59A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit brendan achola wrote:
To whom it may consern,  I recently downloaded the cygwin software the full.exe version and I was wondering if I need the binary source code too. All I need this software for is to use the compiler. Can Write my programs in notepad and compile them in cygwin?Or does cygwin have it's own compiler like vi from unix?Some information on how to use gcc will be highly appreciated.from Brendan

You do not need the source code.
Yes you can write your programs with notepad and compile with GCC.
vi is not a compiler; it is an editor.  If you got to the contribs section of the cygwin site, you will see editors that have been ported to cygwin (vi, emacs, etc).  You do not need a cygwin compiled editor.  Any editor or IDE of your choice should work.

Brendan Simon.
 

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