Best C++ IDE?

Professor Frink · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:20 am Post subject: Best C++ IDE?

I use anjuta 1.1.97 but it seems like the project is dead and it's kinda buggy, anyone have any suggestions?
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meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:30 am Post subject:

emacs + ecb.

Arker · Apprentice Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 205

vim + lh-cpp

shm · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:26 am Post subject:

kdevelop-cvs, aka gideon. It's vastly different from the released version of kdevelop. I'd have to say it's the best C++ IDE handsdown.

Even better than kdevelop is Eclipse. However, it's better for Java than for C++.

I really don't use an IDE though. I use vim. vim+a terminal window plz thx

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meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:40 am Post subject:

tactless · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:46 pm Post subject:

Three words: vim

If you must have a GUI, gvim.

If you must have an IDE, I think that KDevelop + KVim are interesting. Seriously, vim's usefulness is not to be underestimated.

Naturally, Emacs might also be an interesting solution. I'm not familiar with it...
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dreamer · Apprentice Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 236

well, i really LOVE anjuta, but indeed, the gnome-2 versions are pretty unstable. Therefor i'm using anjuta 1.0.2 atm.

I know, it's a shame to use an gtk1 IDE :oops:

maxmc · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: Best C++ IDE?

Stu L Tissimus · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:37 pm Post subject:

I'm using Anjuta, I love it. Using the ~x86 version. However, I'm slowly moving to Vim (however I don't know how to use the useful parts of it >_>)
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Professor Frink · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:33 pm Post subject:

Has there been a release of Scaffold? Is it still GTK2? That sucks that no more anjuta releases, I really love that IDE
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Beforegod · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:36 pm Post subject:

Use eclipse with the ctd plugin!

Professor Frink · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:45 pm Post subject:

is eclipse good? I heard it's programmed in java and really slow. I'm in a college computer science class so I dont have to do GUI stuff, just program and run make -k, maybe a little debugging, and the fact when there are compile errors you can click on them and jump to them like anjuta. I'm emerging eclipse-cdt now and seeing how that does

[EDIT]
Tried it and it is REALLY buggy and REALLY slow, doesn't even have an open command, spent 30 minutes playing around and couldn't get my c++ files open....not a good sign at all, guess I'm stuck with xemacs and buggy anjuta...
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incubator · Guru Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 584 Location: Belgium

I would say gideon, I didnt get it yet since I dont want to sync with unstable sources, but I saw some nice things from it.
Though I will be trying Borland C++ Builder X soon.
It runs on linux, Mac OSX, Windows, and probably Solaris too.
Personally I like the Borland C++ Builder for windows, so I kindof hope they followed suit with this thing.

cereal-chiller · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:34 pm Post subject:

Ian · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:34 pm Post subject:

What is the closest IDE to something like Microsoft's Visual Studios C++ component?

I only ask, because I learned C++ on that in school, and I found many features, such as automatic completition (typing "pointer->" would pop up a box that had all the options for said pointer), and just the way the windows were organized. Yeah, Microsoft may have made it, but I think it's one thing they designed well, at least the GUI part. Also, don't tell me vim or emacs, I want an IDE, not a text editor (if I have X running, why should I want a CLI text editor for something more than a few changes here and there?).

incubator · Guru Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 584 Location: Belgium

well, kdevelop 2.1.5 does auto-completion for a small part (for what you wrote only)
I hope gideon does better, but the Borland I mentionned should do the trick.
Havent tried eclipse though, should do that someday

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Roguelazer · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:03 pm Post subject:

anjuta isn't dead. It also offers the best functions. It has auto-complete for library functions, your functions and your variables. Can't beat that...
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meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:10 pm Post subject:

Eclipse (the most recent binary release) did nothing but crash for me. I got nowhere fast with it, even after 30 minutes. So I'm sticking with emacs.

BTW, is there anyone that has use emacs thoroughly (i.e. has written their own dotemacs file, knows a lot of the key bindings, has used it in a big project) and has also used vim to the same extent? I'd like to know the pros and cons of both from someone who actually knows both applications well. For a long time I've suspected that vim users don't really know what they are missing with emacs, since they may never have given it a fair shot. But then again, if vim really is better than emacs, then this I want to see!! Emacs does absolutely everything I want it to (after learning to customise it properly) and I really would like to know if vim is better for factual reasons, not opinion.
I haven't used vim much at all, so I don't want to claim either way.

Stu L Tissimus · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:14 pm Post subject:

Personally, I think Vim is a lot easier to understand. However, I haven't really delved into all it's 00b3|2 features, yet...
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Roguelazer · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject:

I use both about the same. I prefer vim because of the different modes et al. The C-blah's in emacs are all too much. And gvim looks extremely good, but Xemacs looks fresh out of a 1980's era movie.
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TheMole · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:22 pm Post subject:

mingw developer studio, version 0.91

Just download the slackware binaries from their site, they work perfectly here...

It's a VC++ 6 work-alike

http://www.parinya.ca/
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meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:31 pm Post subject:

hanta · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Best C++ IDE?