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From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:26:52 +0000 (GMT)


On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Jim Ham wrote:

> Myself I prefer Emacs, a make file and several open command line 
> windows. This gives me complete control and the ultimate flexibility. 
> You could do a lot worse than providing a makefile template and a video 
> demonstrating a typical command-line development environment. This could 
> include a man file in one window, less with an open file in another, 
> Emacs in another, the results of a grep in another, etc.
> 
> Sometimes one can even compile and debug in the development environment, 
> saving cross-compiling until later. In this case there might even be a 
> ddd window open with gdb and the new application (trying) to run in the 
> background. This works best in a Unix-like environment of course.
> 
> You can substitute your own favorite editor for the Emacs references above.
> 
> Just the opinion of an old curmudgeon. At the same time it would be 
> interesting to know how many others prefer a command-line development 
> environment.

Me too! After all (s/emacs/vim/) it's the IDE that gave us the Linux kernel 
:-)

cheers 
Jim J.

> > --- In  Mark Featherston<>  wrote:
> >>
> >> As many of you know we currently provide the Eclipse IDE configured with
> >> our toolchains for the various boards.  We're looking to improve how
> >> this is supported and to update the IDE package for our newer boards but
> >> we are also exploring other IDEs as an alternative.  I've talked to a
> >> number of customers who seem to strongly prefer Code::Blocks or
> >> Netbeans.  I'm curious to hear opinions from those who have worked with
> >> these or other relevant IDEs themselves.
> >>
> >> Here are the various IDE's I've been evaluating:
> >>
> >> *Code::Blocks*: http://www.codeblocks.org/
> >> *Netbeans*: http://netbeans.org/
> >> *Codelite*: http://www.codelite.org/
> >> *Eclipse*: http://www.eclipse.org/
> >>
> >> If anyone else has any open cross platform IDEs to recommend we'd
> >> certainly be interested in those as well.  I'm currently leaning towards
> >> Code::Blocks as it seems like it would lend itself to the simplest
> >> configuration while still supporting the most features.  They also seem
> >> to have a community around using the IDE with embedded systems.  However
> >> if most of you prefer Eclipse there are a few improvements we can add to
> >> this package to make usage easier.  Specifically I'd like to add
> >> templates for our boards rather than just sample the projects that show
> >> how to use the cross compilers.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best Regards,
> >> ________________________________________________________________
> >>    Mark Featherston, Technologic Systems | voice: (480) 837-5200
> >>    16525 East Laser Drive                | fax: (480) 837-5300
> >>    Fountain Hills, AZ 85268              | web: www.embeddedARM.com
> >>
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