C compiler, editor

[Octane_]

right, im gonna learn c or c++ in a linux environment

3 questions..
1) what editors do i use?
2) how do i compile my code?
3) is there n good basic starting tips/tuts/refrences to learn from??

thnx in advanced

[CopperTop]

If you've got a few hours to kill, I'd recommend the link below as a decent starting point for C++. Quite good as a theoretical intro to the language.

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/index.html

[big_k105]

for the how to compile question you should go into your console on your linux box and time in

man gcc

there is like over 7000 lines of info on how to use it. and if you didnt know gcc is a C/C++ compiler.

and for editting i beleive any text editor would be fine. jst remeber to save the file with the right extention

[jasonlambert]

use any standard text editor you like. give your C files a .c extension, C++ files should have .cpp extension.

To compile basic programs:
"gcc <SOURCEFILE> -Wall -o <EXECUTABLE FILENAME>"

Jason

[Octane_]

Thanx for da help guys.

n sorry if they were really bumbum questions, but im new to linux as well as the C language, so i didnt know nething.

[jjmac]

I'll go along with the above ofcourse.
The degree of choice is a lot...

You may also like to look at www.fltk.org, they have an excellent light weight designer, as smooth as Borlands CBuilder range, but a designer only. The program itself exists as a set of projects that you can bring up in the designer to configure to tast...
And ofcourse it's a free. It uses generic c/c++ coding styles as well, which i like, ie; a main() function, rather than trying to wrap everything up in a ide specific way [ no offence gtk ], the only wrapping it does is
to the Xaw libs (X's widget lib).
[ Sounds like a plug to me too ]

I like emacs as an editor, but again thats also a subjective choice on my part. Emacs has various modes that may be applied, and you can compile in the
editor, so anything along those lines,ie vim...

help info -- I always end up bringing up 'xman' to view manual pages, there very usefull. It took ages to configure #$%@!$&* xman as well i might say

Try compiling some pre arranged tar ball packages and redirect the sto to a log, ie; gcc <paras> 2>&1 |tee logfile
That way you can get an idea of the kind of switches people think are important, and how there used. www.gnu.org is also a good stop off point too.

If you don't mind going a little crazy,
then programing can be a lot of fun...

jm

[forrest44]

Hi There!

I'm trying to learn C in linux with a book written for dos users.

I came across a program with the following lines:

#include <conio.h>

and then

getch();

But gcc dosn't know what conio.h is, and the getch(); thing comes under it. Heard somewhere that conio.h is for dos/win systems, so what do I use in linux for getch(); or equivelent?

Cheers
Forrest.

[jasonlambert]

conio.h is part of C++, not standard C. AFAIK getch() is not 100% standard, but i may be wrong. Read's a single charater from stdin?

have a look at "getchar()" (command line, run "man getchar"), which requires <stdio.h> (standard input/output header file).

Jason

[forrest44]

Well the book was a C book (NOT c++)!!

[jasonlambert]

Well the book was a C book (NOT c++)!!

I read about it in a Windows C++ book, and have NEVER ever seen it in a straight C book, therefore assumed that it was C++ specific.

Hope i answered the original question anyway.

Jason