Visual C++ Compiler with Eclipse

[pgav]

Hello there, Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this question, but I couldn't decide which one to use. I'm wanting to use Eclipse as a development environment for my C++ project (as I need to be able to easily port between Windows and Linux, it seems to be a good choice). I've successfully been able to compile a simple program with Eclipse using the gcc compiler via Cygwin. This means that I've got things set up for porting to Linux. I'd now like to be able to have my programs run on Windows independent of Cygwin, thus be able to compile for Windows and for Linux with Eclipse, simplifying porting to different systems. Does anyone know of a plug in for Eclipse that would allow me to use the Visual Studio Compiler, or another Windows compiler that doesn't require Cygwin? Thanks for your help.

Patrick

[Zac Howland]

pgav wrote:

Does anyone know of a plug in for Eclipse that would allow me to use the Visual Studio Compiler, or another Windows compiler that doesn't require Cygwin?

You can check the Eclipse plug-in repository (can't find the URL at the moment otherwise I would post it), but I doubt you will find anything like that in it. A better solution for you might be to organize your project as follows:

ProjectDir
- source dir
- linux development (IDE files)
- windows development (IDE files)

Then you just have to make sure if you make changes to the project settings in one side, you also do it for the other side (you can write scripts or macros to do that for you if you really want to).

If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac

-- modified at 11:22 Friday 21st July, 2006 ... apparently the "pre" button isn't working today?