Thread: Notepad ++ c compiler?

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    Unhappy Notepad ++ c compiler?

    Hi can anyone please tell me if there is a C compiler for notepad++.


    If not could you please tll me the best way to compile C.

    I know its basic but im a big newbie..

    Thanks...

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    hmmm... notepad++ is a fine text editor, but is not a compiler.

    If you are too new i'd suggest looking for the MS-VC compiler. It comes with an integrated editor and is fairly straightforward to use and fast.

    If you want to stick to notepad++, i suggest the mingw32 compiler, but that would require of your side:
    a) Use of command line build tools
    b) Configuring the bin and include paths manually.

    Or, you can get Bloodshed Dev-Cpp which is an IDE on top of mingw32 with the dirty details covered up, but it's editor is pretty poor.

    All the above compilers can be downloaded for free.
    Code:
    ...
        goto johny_walker_red_label;
    johny_walker_blue_label: exit(-149$);
    johny_walker_red_label : exit( -22$);
    A typical example of ...cheap programming practices.

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    As far as I am aware it has no compiler, it is basically just an editor albeit a pretty good
    one. I use it to edit then compile with the DJGPP compiler
    http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
    It's not integrated but basically you just edit, save the file and then compiler, it's only a few
    clicks of the mouse.

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    Thumbs up

    Thanks so much.. ill try some method there anyway.

    Big help though thanks

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    i think eclipse is a good ide for c/c++, just follow this tut, its pretty cool, but i prefer having two windows on putty, or cygwin opened up, one editing, the other compiling, just alt+tab away

    http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~eclipse/7-EclipseCDT.pdf

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