What compiler to use with Notepad++?

Joonas · 12-19-2004, 12:35 PM

Hi there, I just fell in love with notepad++ 2.6. (Great program, text editor, supports dozens of programming languages, folding, colour markings and printing with them, line numbers, et cetera). It just gets annoying that I can't decide what single compiler to use with it as it really is just an editor, you can't build anything with it. Anyone aware of some easy, small builders? Or am I forced to use bigger stuff?

(SharpDevelop, tried that too, all-in-one, but I just love NotePad++... http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm )

Thanks.

MentalSentinel · 12-19-2004, 01:39 PM

I'd try Dev-C++ if i were you.

Google it.

Joonas · 12-19-2004, 06:05 PM

I've had it already a long time ago.

... but then I'd face the which-program-to-use dilemma again.

Aren't there any programs which only compile, build?

DudeMiester · 12-19-2004, 10:47 PM

Why not use an IDE? Personally I couldn't live without autocomplete.

Night Hacker · 12-28-2004, 01:29 AM

Grab MINGW (MINimalist Gnu for Windows), a GNU (free) compiler.

http://www.mingw.org

Direct download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinG...1.exe?download

Just type: "gcc myprogram.c -o myprogram.exe" to compile a C program. Replace gcc with g++ for C++ programs. It can use Visual C++ libraries.

I prefer Dev-C++ myself (Dev-C++ is an IDE that comes packaged with MinGW). There's also MinGW Developer Studio (IDE for MinGW).

DudeMiester · 12-28-2004, 09:49 PM

I use MSVC++ 7.1, and it's very nice, but very expensive. I have a legal version of it that I won, but I never bothered to install over my corperate edition with it.

Joonas · 12-29-2004, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Night Hacker said:
Grab MINGW (MINimalist Gnu for Windows), a GNU (free) compiler.

http://www.mingw.org

Direct download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinG...1.exe?download

Just type: "gcc myprogram.c -o myprogram.exe" to compile a C program. Replace gcc with g++ for C++ programs. It can use Visual C++ libraries.

I prefer Dev-C++ myself (Dev-C++ is an IDE that comes packaged with MinGW). There's also MinGW Developer Studio (IDE for MinGW).

... and C#?

Night Hacker · 01-04-2005, 09:56 PM

C#? What about it.

Kevin Wolff · 01-04-2005, 09:58 PM

I think he means, how to compile a C# program with MiniGW.

Night Hacker · 01-04-2005, 10:10 PM

Should I also explain how to compile a Java, Pascal, Fortran and Cobol program with MinGW?

Joonas · 01-05-2005, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Night Hacker said:
Should I also explain how to compile a Java, Pascal, Fortran and Cobol program with MinGW?

Okay, okay... can it compile C#?

Night Hacker · 01-05-2005, 11:35 PM

Not that I know of. C# is relatively new, and up until recently, was a Microsoft thing. There are two projects that I heard of (Mono and DotGnu) that compile C#, but they are relatively new.

It also doesn't compile Pascal, Cobol, BASIC, Java or Fortran either.

12-19-2004, 12:35 PM	#1
Joonas	What compiler to use with Notepad++? Hi there, I just fell in love with notepad++ 2.6. (Great program, text editor, supports dozens of programming languages, folding, colour markings and printing with them, line numbers, et cetera). It just gets annoying that I can't decide what single compiler to use with it as it really is just an editor, you can't build anything with it. Anyone aware of some easy, small builders? Or am I forced to use bigger stuff? (SharpDevelop, tried that too, all-in-one, but I just love NotePad++... http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm ) Thanks. __________________ Deep Six's Content/Staff Director: http://www.3dap.com/maxpayne/ E-mail and MSN Messenger: joonasd6@gmail.com

12-19-2004, 01:39 PM	#2
MentalSentinel	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? I'd try Dev-C++ if i were you. Google it.

12-19-2004, 06:05 PM	#3
Joonas	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? I've had it already a long time ago. ... but then I'd face the which-program-to-use dilemma again. Aren't there any programs which only compile, build? __________________ Deep Six's Content/Staff Director: http://www.3dap.com/maxpayne/ E-mail and MSN Messenger: joonasd6@gmail.com

12-19-2004, 10:47 PM	#4
DudeMiester	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? Why not use an IDE? Personally I couldn't live without autocomplete. __________________ Forums are the Opiate of the Masses Higher Game -- "Animal fur is renewable, unlike the oil used to make plastic!"

12-28-2004, 01:29 AM	#5
Night Hacker	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? Grab MINGW (MINimalist Gnu for Windows), a GNU (free) compiler. http://www.mingw.org Direct download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinG...1.exe?download Just type: "gcc myprogram.c -o myprogram.exe" to compile a C program. Replace gcc with g++ for C++ programs. It can use Visual C++ libraries. I prefer Dev-C++ myself (Dev-C++ is an IDE that comes packaged with MinGW). There's also MinGW Developer Studio (IDE for MinGW). __________________ "My general feeling is that computers are doing more harm than good." - Jay Miner ("father" of the Amiga)

12-28-2004, 09:49 PM	#6
DudeMiester	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? I use MSVC++ 7.1, and it's very nice, but very expensive. I have a legal version of it that I won, but I never bothered to install over my corperate edition with it. __________________ Forums are the Opiate of the Masses Higher Game -- "Animal fur is renewable, unlike the oil used to make plastic!"

01-04-2005, 09:56 PM	#8
Night Hacker	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? C#? What about it. __________________ "My general feeling is that computers are doing more harm than good." - Jay Miner ("father" of the Amiga)

01-04-2005, 09:58 PM	#9
Kevin Wolff	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? I think he means, how to compile a C# program with MiniGW. __________________ "Face it, MS executives could eat babies on primetime TV, fund another Holocaust and shit on the Pope, and still would have 95% marketshare." -0marTheZealot "There can be no Infidel, without Dell." -Wamplet Get a real keyboard.

01-04-2005, 10:10 PM	#10
Night Hacker	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? Should I also explain how to compile a Java, Pascal, Fortran and Cobol program with MinGW? __________________ "My general feeling is that computers are doing more harm than good." - Jay Miner ("father" of the Amiga)

01-05-2005, 11:35 PM	#12
Night Hacker	Re: What compiler to use with Notepad++? Not that I know of. C# is relatively new, and up until recently, was a Microsoft thing. There are two projects that I heard of (Mono and DotGnu) that compile C#, but they are relatively new. It also doesn't compile Pascal, Cobol, BASIC, Java or Fortran either. __________________ "My general feeling is that computers are doing more harm than good." - Jay Miner ("father" of the Amiga)