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Subject: Re: How can I create a makefile automatically?
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On 27 Feb 2004 14:09:54 -0800 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp,
Thomas8675309 AT yahoo DOT com (Tom) wrote:

>"Anthony" wrote:

>> > A warning:  It sounds like you expect to run the
>> > makefile from multiedit.  I don't use multiedit, but
>> > my advice from before stands:  DJGPP and windows
>> > programs do not interact well.  I would be surprised
>> > if multiedit can successfully compile DJGPP programs
>> > from within multiedit.  You'll probably find that, as
>> > I recommended, you can use multiedit to do your
>> > editing, but you will still have to call make from the
>> > command line.
>> 
>> It seems like ME can compile files and catch errors information almost
>> out-of-box. It can also build projects by calling make from itself (if I
>> write appropriate makefile). I'm still unsure about debugging (most probably
>> it can't debug within itself, but it can call some external debugger) and
>> .info helpfiles reading. 
>
>I think you're missing the point.  The kind of functionality you are
>describing is also provided by a variety of programs, including vide,
>code-genie, the windows versions of emacs and vim, and many others. 
>The problem is that these programs typically don't interact well with
>DJGPP, because it is a DOS program - i.e., they choke when you call
>DJGPP's make.exe or gcc.exe.  They work fine when using windows
>versions of these programs (e.g., minGW's versions), but not with the
>DOS versions.  Have you actually tried compiling programs using DJGPP
>from within MultiEdit?  I'm not saying it can't, but I would find it
>slightly surprising unless it was designed with that in mind.

vim is free and works fine using DJGPP bash as its command shell and
DJGPP utilities to run builds, diffs, etc. I've used them daily at
home and work on MS Windows versions from 95 to 2K, but never had XP
to try them on. They're a nice set of system independent tools to
carry around on a CD, particularly if you also have a registry setup
file to make the editor the default generic/text/unknown file type
open action. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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