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What IDE is your choice for C/C++ project?

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Even today, Brief did some thigs I miss from VS: being able to edit - and see on screen at the same time - four or five different files was just wonderful! Screen Split in VS just doesn't cut it. But it does so many, many wonderful things that you forgive the little bits missing. :laugh:

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    What was the editor that used with ship with RMCobol called ? it kept every single edit you made in a seperate file until you ran out of space - wonderful :-D - I've a feeling it was called M

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      I thought all C/C++ use vi?

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      Real devs use emacs :). Actually, I'm bi. I use vim mostly, but then use emacs when debugging. Maybe I'm just strange?

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      • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

        VS Code, because I can use it on multiple platforms.

        I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com

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        I'm starting to really like VS Code. A little late to the party, I know, but better late than never.

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          "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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          Lost User
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          No IDE can make me like (MS) C++.

          It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food

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            "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            Turbo C/C++ Quincy But I also rolled my own a few years ago, in theory it will support any language for which you have a command-line compiler/linker installed. I've used it for C#, C/C++ (with a few different compilers), and VB.net . Perfect for developing simple command-line utilities. No overhead, such as solution and project files (ptui). Visual Studio has too many features I don't require -- it's bloated and reminds me of Clippy.

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              I'm starting to really like VS Code. A little late to the party, I know, but better late than never.

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              Mike Hankey
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              I really like it, only used it lightly so far but seems very powerful.

              I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com

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                "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                Visual Studio. Of course.

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                  "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                  A butterfly farm.

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                    "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                    Garth J Lancaster
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                    VS Code and the various c++ plugins, CMake for a build system gives you 'portability' (I'm working on something that needs to use various C++ compilers)

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                      "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                      Qt Creator. It's the best cross-platform IDE I've ever used. Besides, I kinda dislike MSVC, it's just too heavy for my taste, and it's heavy mainly because of lots of features I never use.

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                        "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                        Vim, make, git ... even on Windows these days. I tried using VS2019, but I just can't get myself used to shortcuts that no other Windows program uses: shift+ctrl+home doesn't select everything from cursor to top of file, ctrl+left/right doesn't move the cursor by word, shift+arrows don't select correctly, and a whole host of other shortcuts that all Windows programs support. If anyone knows how to change the brain-damaged shortcuts to match every other Windows program, I'd appreciate it.

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                          NelsonGoncalves
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                          make, git and SublimeText. I see the value in VS, but honestly it is too bloated and full of bells and whistles to be even remotely useful. Eclipse is just horrible, it has all the faults of VS plus a gazillion different versions making it next to impossible to Google for a solution.

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                            Niels Holst
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                            Qt Creator. It works across platforms and is open source (if your code is open-source). It supports many toolsets. I use it to build an app for Windows, Mac OS and Linux from the very same source code.

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                              Eric Gamma's Visual Studio Code both for Windows and Linux (WSL too). For fast lighting rapid GUI development C++ Builder on Windows.

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                                Stuart Dootson
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                                Another vote for VSCode (until I need assembly language debugging, when I resort to Visual Studio - although WinDbg would probably do the job). I do cross-platform development, on Windows with WSL. I use CMake and do my builds from the command line. I'd used Visual Studio previously, but had been getting dissatisfied with it - I just prefer VSCode as an editor...

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                                  Vim, make, git ... even on Windows these days. I tried using VS2019, but I just can't get myself used to shortcuts that no other Windows program uses: shift+ctrl+home doesn't select everything from cursor to top of file, ctrl+left/right doesn't move the cursor by word, shift+arrows don't select correctly, and a whole host of other shortcuts that all Windows programs support. If anyone knows how to change the brain-damaged shortcuts to match every other Windows program, I'd appreciate it.

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                                  gervacleto
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                                  Hi, I don't know which VS2019 are you using. Mine works as expected with all the shortcuts you described. And also, you can change every single shortcut in Visual Studio to do exactly whatever you want.

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Even today, Brief did some thigs I miss from VS: being able to edit - and see on screen at the same time - four or five different files was just wonderful! Screen Split in VS just doesn't cut it. But it does so many, many wonderful things that you forgive the little bits missing. :laugh:

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                    MarkTJohnson
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                                    These youngsters don't know what they missed. Brief could also go, what was it, 50 line mode? So very nice.

                                    I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.

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                                      A butterfly farm.

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                                      :thumbsup: How on earth has Witch not seen and upvoted this?

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                                      • M MarkTJohnson

                                        These youngsters don't know what they missed. Brief could also go, what was it, 50 line mode? So very nice.

                                        I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.

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                                        43 or 50 depending on your hardware. Either was a massive step up from the standard 25 lines!

                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                        • D David ONeil

                                          I have never used Brief, so I don't know what I'm talking about to see four or five different files at once in it, but you can do that in VS can't you? Just drag the tab out of the main window, or right-click on the file in the tab bar and select 'Float'. If your tabs are top or bottom, you can have several windows around your screen to see them at once. If your tabs are right or left (like mine), the tabs take up a lot of space so getting several windows open simultaneously is harder. I'm sure you have tried this before, and it isn't equivalent to Brief's method, but if not, have fun! edit - you can even use Window snapping on them

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                                          You can, but Brief did it better - you could open two or more windows on the same file so you could build an enum, a switch that processed it, and the methods that called all at the same time; or compare two lists and have them scroll together; or ... ah, I'm getting a tear in my eye now ... :-D

                                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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