Greetings.

Here's my question:

what's your favorite compiler/IDE or text editor/language you use for your Allegro game programming?

Personally, I use DJGPP/UltraEdit/C++ for my Allegro programming. When a project is done I usually create a Dev-C++ project to create a nice windows version

In Windows I use the Visual C++ IDE for c/c++ (I really like the autocompletion because I always forget the struct/class members names) and Ultraedit for other things.

In linux I use emacs. Ir's a good editor and have some nice features. The problem is getting used to it, since is difficult to use.

Under windows, MSVC + emacs + makefiles for games. I still use project files for MFC apps...but at some point I'll stop doing that as well!

Under linux, gcc + emacs + makefiles.

compiler:
Sphinx C--(coolest!8-)),DJGPP(powerful!:D)
IDE:
C--'s workbench,RHIDE
language:
C,C--,assembly,perl,DHTML

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Under Windows I use MinGW32/Command prompt with Notepad/C++

Under Windows I also use MinGW32/Dev-C++ IDE/C++

Under DOS I use DJGPP/RHIDE/C++

Unfortunately I don't have enough room for Linux otherwise I'd use a compiler and c++ in Linux too.

LINUX:

I've given up on KDevelop 2.0.2. Crashes several times a day, too many interface glitches (screws up window positions, dock-thingies get stuck and won't work properly, html browser messes up layout of Allegro docs...) I will try the Kde3 version of it.

Right now I just open up multiple Kwrite's. Kwrite is the underlying editor of KDevelop anyway, however it's completely solid, hasn't crashed in the past two months of abuse.

Then I use a transarent Eterm to make and run the binary.

>We had this topic before

We have this topic every week. Tomorrow, C vs C++.

I program primarily in C, write all my programs using wordpad in windows, pico if i'm in linux. Then compile all of em using Dev-C++, I used to have DJGPP but I found that it made teh executables too large and I could not for the life of me get teh VBE/AF driver to work. Dev-C++ solved all of those problems for me, now I have HW accelleration and small file sizes Of course you have to use the alleg40.dll but trust me it saves space.

There's no better coding editor than visual slick edit. Compilers are exchangeable

And C and Java are my favorite languages.

linux-gcc/Anjuta or Scite/C or
perl/Anjuta or Scite/Perl

Perl and C are a tie for me. PHP comes close, but It doesn't feel as powerfull as Perl does. But I have no real experience with PHP...

I'm not too sure..
it's a toss up between Dev-C++, Notepad, and MSVC 6.

What I hate about MSVC though, is that it forces you to use the coding style it's set to..
eg..

// I like to write a function this way:
int myFunction()
 {
  printf("Hello.");
  return sizeof(char);
 }

// but MSVC likes to turn that into this:
int myFunction()
{
    printf("Hello.");
    return sizeof(char);
}

tch..
sometimes MSVC is better than Dev-C++, because Dev-C++ eats up memory like mad. At home it's ok (512mb, doesn't chew at it much).. but at school/old comp it's HORRIBLE.. my old comp only had 32mb, and the comps at school have 128mb.. neigther of them last long with Dev-C++..

Then there's notepad, which has some obvious disabilities I'm very use to the way it allows you to do things though.. (like, in Dev-C++ if you press Del at the end of a line, it wont remove the next line like I want it to )

hmm, actually, I just got this last Friday and haven't done much with the options yet

I can't find one to completely disable it, but I found the options for changing it heavily.. which is satisfying enough (if not more;D)

Then, perhaps it's my favorite..
I guess it depends on the OS.. cuz in windows98 I'd probably use notepad.. but I have XP now, and command-line stuff doesn't work well (I have to set paths/environment crap every darn time I use a command prompt.. grrrr)

While on the topic of MSVC ... why does stuff compile so fast? Like, I know my system is fast, but no other compiler is THAT fast. There's literally no loading whatsoever.. I click execute, and it's as if I were running the file normally . Not that I'm complaining, but, holy crap!

I think the reason it might be so fast is it compiles everything once, and whenever you compile after that it only compiles the files you have changed.