Re: String and interfacing with functions using char*

DSF <notavalid@address.here> wrote:


I think you are using slightly mistaken terminology here. A compiler is
simply a piece of software that takes your source files and produces
object or executable files. What you are talking about is a so-called IDE
(which is, basically, a full environment that consists of one or more
source file and other data editors, project management logic, the
compiler, and so on.)

You'll probably never get exactly what you want in one single package
like that. There exist highly-customizable and programmable text editors
out there, but they are difficult to integrate seamlessly into an IDE and
will often lack things that the IDE would offer (such as autocompletion
of code based on the rest of the code, or any kind of other interaction
with the rest of the project.)

Personally, I just use Emacs for editing because I can make it work like
I want. It's not perfect (because it doesn't have eg. autocompletion),
but I'm such an unix old-fogey that I just don't like anything else.
(And no, Emacs will probably not suit you because, while configuring it
to do whatever you want is possible, it's extremely laborious. Basically
you would have to learn elisp to such degree that you can call yourself
a fluent elisp programmer.)

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