Need your HELP: C in LINUX

[Nirjhar Oberoi]

Hi,

I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor. Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

Thank you.

Keep Rocking

[Richard Heathfield]

Nirjhar Oberoi said:

Hi,

I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C?

gcc -W -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wformat-nonliteral -Wcast-align
-Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Winline -Wundef
-Wnested-externs -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wconversion -Wwrite-strings
-Wno-conversion -ffloat-store -O2 -o foo foo.c

I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor.

Fine, so don't do that.

Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

Linux *is* an IDE for C programming.

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

No. C is a portable language. If you confine yourself to the C language and
standard library, you will have no difficulty getting your C programs to
work on either platform.

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[junky_fellow]

On Nov 24, 10:48 am, "Nirjhar Oberoi" <nirjha...@gmai l.comwrote:

Hi,

I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor.

As a beginner you may find it somewhat awkward to use "vi" editor. But,
"vi"
is a powerful tool that enables fast, simple and effective editing of
files.
It provides certain commands that are in particular helpful when you
are
writing/reading a c program.
However, if you dont want to use it for any reason, there are text
editors
available on linux systems.

[Bill Pursell]

Nirjhar Oberoi wrote:

>
I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor. Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

Your choice of editor has nothing to do with compilation. Programming
in windows is different from programming in linux in the same way
way that any other task is different, but the code should be
the same on both (unless you use system specific calls).

The best IDE for programming in C on linux is bash, using
vim/emacs, make, ctags/etags, and gdb. If you disregard vim/emacs
right off the bat, you are doing yourself a disservice. If you really
have a need to avoid vim & emacs, you might try ed:

echo -e "a\n#includ e <stdio.h>\nin t main(void) { printf(\"Hello\ \\n\");
return 0;}\n.\nwq foo.c\n" | ed 2>&1 | gcc foo.c | ./a.out

....but that's crazy talk.

[KDr2]

"Bill Pursell" <bi**********@g mail.comwrites:

Nirjhar Oberoi wrote:

>>
I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor. Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

Your choice of editor has nothing to do with compilation. Programming
in windows is different from programming in linux in the same way
way that any other task is different, but the code should be
the same on both (unless you use system specific calls).

The best IDE for programming in C on linux is bash, using
vim/emacs, make, ctags/etags, and gdb. If you disregard vim/emacs
right off the bat, you are doing yourself a disservice. If you really
have a need to avoid vim & emacs, you might try ed:

echo -e "a\n#includ e <stdio.h>\nin t main(void) { printf(\"Hello\ \\n\");
return 0;}\n.\nwq foo.c\n" | ed 2>&1 | gcc foo.c | ./a.out

...but that's crazy talk.

Yeah,Bash,Emacs/Vim,make,ctags/etags,they are so powerful...if you do not want to use them,try "anjuta" or "kdeveloper3",m aybe you will found the things what you
wanted!

Good Luck!!
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[Kenny McCormack]

In article <11************ **********@h54g 2000cwb.googleg roups.com>,
Bill Pursell <bi**********@g mail.comwrote:
....

>The best IDE for programming in C on linux is bash, using
vim/emacs, make, ctags/etags, and gdb. If you disregard vim/emacs

There's no such thing as vim/emacs.

Given that people here have had heart attacks (and some have died as a
result) when people refer to "C/C++", I'm amazed that you would even
chance uttering such a ridiculous thing (as vim/emacs).

[srj]

Nirjhar Oberoi wrote:

Hi,

I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor. Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

Thank you.

Keep Rocking

first of all i'd recomend u 2 check out the man page for gcc.
type "man gcc" on console
you can save aafile using vi or any other text editor, save it as
"name.c"
do "cc name.c"
u'll get an output file"a.out"(def ault)
run it by" ./a.out"
u can rename a.out by "mv a.out newname"

or do "cc name.c -o newname"
this will create output file newname instead of default a.out

hav fun with LINUX

[CBFalconer]

srj wrote:

>

.... snip ...

>
first of all i'd recomend u 2 check out the man page for gcc.
type "man gcc" on console

Who is this universal programmer named u? A U2 is an airplane,
BTW.

--
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Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
<http://cbfalconer.home .att.net>

[Jaros³aw Rafa]

Nirjhar Oberoi napisa³(a):

I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor. Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

I don't use an IDE. Using gcc is fairly simple. As for my editor
preference, I usually use joe. It has a built in function to compile the
code using compiler specified in the configuration, but I don't even use
that. Simply open 2 terminal windows, joe with the code in one window,
shell in the other. Save your file from the editor, then type in the
other window: "gcc file.c" - this is the simplest form of using gcc.
Repeat this until you get rid of compile errors ;-). It compiles and
links your program and puts the executable into the file "a.out". Then
you can run it by typing "./a.out". If you want to change the
executable's name, use "gcc -o outfile file.c", then your executable
will be named "outfile".
To compile a program consisting of several source files, you can type
"gcc -o outfile file1.c file2.c file3.c". You can also compile each
module individually (with the command like "gcc -c -o file1.o file1.c" -
the "-c" flag means compile only, do not link) and then link them with
"gcc -o outfile file1.o file2.o file3.o". You can probably figure out by
yourself various mixtures of these methods... ;-)
For more information, read the manual with "man gcc" - be warned,
there's LOT of options (most of them although you will never use). -I,
-L and -l are the most important ones. -I specifies the additional
locations for include files, -L the same for library files, -l tells the
linker what libraries to link (standard library doesn't need to be
specified).
So, for example
gcc -o test main.c common.o mystring.o -I ./include -lnsl
will compile the file "main.c", link it with object files "common.o" and
"mystring.o " and with the library named "nsl", and put the executable
into the file "test". Include files will be searched - beside standard
locations - in subdirectory "include" of the current directory.
Hope this helps.

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

Library functions differ (except for the standard library - printf,
scanf etc., which should be the same on both platforms), not the
language itself. It depends on what libraries you were using in Windows.
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[Nirjhar Oberoi]

Jarosław Rafa wrote:

Nirjhar Oberoi napisa³(a):

I am new to Linux and wanted to know how to use GCC to Compile the Code
written in C? I dont want to use EMacs or VI for my editor. Can you
suggest a good IDE for linux for C Programming..

I don't use an IDE. Using gcc is fairly simple. As for my editor
preference, I usually use joe. It has a built in function to compile the
code using compiler specified in the configuration, but I don't even use
that. Simply open 2 terminal windows, joe with the code in one window,
shell in the other. Save your file from the editor, then type in the
other window: "gcc file.c" - this is the simplest form of using gcc.
Repeat this until you get rid of compile errors ;-). It compiles and
links your program and puts the executable into the file "a.out". Then
you can run it by typing "./a.out". If you want to change the
executable's name, use "gcc -o outfile file.c", then your executable
will be named "outfile".
To compile a program consisting of several source files, you can type
"gcc -o outfile file1.c file2.c file3.c". You can also compile each
module individually (with the command like "gcc -c -o file1.o file1.c" -
the "-c" flag means compile only, do not link) and then link them with
"gcc -o outfile file1.o file2.o file3.o". You can probably figure out by
yourself various mixtures of these methods... ;-)
For more information, read the manual with "man gcc" - be warned,
there's LOT of options (most of them although you will never use). -I,
-L and -l are the most important ones. -I specifies the additional
locations for include files, -L the same for library files, -l tells the
linker what libraries to link (standard library doesn't need to be
specified).
So, for example
gcc -o test main.c common.o mystring.o -I ./include -lnsl
will compile the file "main.c", link it with object files "common.o" and
"mystring.o " and with the library named "nsl", and put the executable
into the file "test". Include files will be searched - beside standard
locations - in subdirectory "include" of the current directory.
Hope this helps.

Does C Programming on windows environment and on linux environment
differ???

Library functions differ (except for the standard library - printf,
scanf etc., which should be the same on both platforms), not the
language itself. It depends on what libraries you were using in Windows.
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All reply's are good... but i found yours the most informative (NO
OFFENCE guyz) :)
Thank's a lot you all... i will get back to you if i need any help...
Thanks again :)
Happy Programming