Opening .c files

How would you preview a .c file? (not in any text editor).. i'm a n00b =]

Could you elaborate what you mean by "preview"?
Compile?

YES.. that

I guess the first step would be installing a compiler. My suggestion: Code::Blocks; get the latest Nightly Build too.

[For the pedants: yes, I know Code::Blocks is an IDE distributed with MinGW.]

[edit]See also:
http://www.cprogramming.com/compilers.html

thank you