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In article <1147889232.031191.42160@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
 "Jonathan Hoyle" <jonhoyle@mac.com> wrote:

> http://www.eclipse.org ].  I am even told that Eclipse will wrap gcc
> (the compiler on the Mac used for Xcode), so it might possibly give you
> C++ capabilities too. 

That's the CDT plugin for Eclipse.  It works rather well as long as what 
you developing is straight console applications (and you can stand MDI 
application; I just hate it).  Getting, say, an OpenGL app to compile 
takes a bit more work.  I haven't managed to compile projects that use 
custom libraries, but then I haven't tried very hard.

Pros:  - free
       - active community
       - Java and C++
       - many more plugins in development
       - it's not going to disappear in the foreseable future

Cons:  - MDI
       - a very "busy" interface.  Lots of space occupied by buttons
         that you use maby 0.01% of the time
       - does not seem to have anything equivalent to CW's source trees
       - as a consequence it seems that projects use a lot of hard
           paths and therefore cannot be moved around from one computer
           to another
       - it does not seem to be possible to make multi-target projects
       - getting the compiler to find the header files and libs you 
           want it to use can be an exercise in frustration.

I would be willing to put up with most of the cons if Eclipse had a
non-MDI mode.


jyh.

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