IDEs [was Re: OpenGL tutorials files for SDL w/ VC++]

SDL Development
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Is the only way to program for MS Windows through IDE’s? I never got
beyond DJGPP and a freeware Windows IDE before I switched to Linux and
the multitude of tools available on Linux. Is it possible to use the
compiler in VC and VC++ from the DOS command line rather than through
project files and GUI? Maybe that will give you more control and help
you track down the problem…> PS: It’s hard to get an idea of the things going on behind the scene if you always

programmed C/C++ w/ IDEs like VC++.

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Michael Vanecek wrote:

Is the only way to program for MS Windows through IDE’s? I never got
beyond DJGPP and a freeware Windows IDE before I switched to Linux and
the multitude of tools available on Linux. Is it possible to use the
compiler in VC and VC++ from the DOS command line rather than through
project files and GUI? Maybe that will give you more control and help
you track down the problem…

PS: It’s hard to get an idea of the things going on behind the scene if you always
programmed C/C++ w/ IDEs like VC++.

VC++ can be invoked from the DOS shell by “cl”. try “cl /?” for help. of course, you
have to setup the PATH so that it can find “cl” in something like c:\program
files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\bin or some such.

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You can use the VC++ command line tools to compile, etc…
but if your going to do that, you might as well grab the borland 5.5
c++ compiler from http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/ it’s
free, complete, but no ide.

— Michael Vanecek wrote:> Is the only way to program for MS Windows through IDE’s? I never got

beyond DJGPP and a freeware Windows IDE before I switched to Linux
and
the multitude of tools available on Linux. Is it possible to use the
compiler in VC and VC++ from the DOS command line rather than through
project files and GUI? Maybe that will give you more control and help
you track down the problem…

PS: It’s hard to get an idea of the things going on behind the
scene if you always
programmed C/C++ w/ IDEs like VC++.

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Jason Platt.

“In theory: theory and practice are the same.
In practice: they arn’t.”

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