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Does anyone use Dev C++ to build Celestia or to play with source code?

i have it ,dev-c , for mingw/cygwin
but all the files neaded to compile celestia ( from the cmd line) can be dl'd from microsoft for free

Hi John

I know that the MS command line compiler is available for free.
The question is that I would like to use a freeware IDE.
Dealing deeply with Celestia code without a class browser, extended search capabilities and an interactive debugger is a matter only of C++ gurus.
The best IDE probably is MS C++.net one unfortunatly it costs a lot.

Another very notable IDE is Eclipse this is an Open Source project started by IBM, originally for Java and now (with the CDT) for C/C++

http://www.eclipse.org

Available for Linux, Solaris, AIX, Mac and Windows (or anthing with a Java VM). Has a class browser, outlines, autocompletion, works natively with make - files and gcc & more.
Very recommendable.

Sirius

P.S.: Of course, being Free Software, it is free as in speech as well as free as in beer.

I've already heard about eclipse but I didn't know that it is available for C++/Windows.
Dev C++ has good performace but has't a API reference system.
What about performance and API reference documentation?

I've compiled Celestia using Dev C++. But I'm getting errors while liking with jpeg library.
I've tried both the winlibs provided by Chris and the devpack provided as extension of Dev C++.
Is anyone interested in giving help please?

Pant pant....

At the end I was able to compile and link glutCelestia using Dev C++.

It is necessary to not use the winlibs provided by Chris but specify in the the linker options the devpak ones.

Now I will make some tests in order to make it run correctly!

If everything will work fine soon I will be able to publish complete instructions for developer volunteers in order to build Celestia (get the latest CVS code, compile, link, run) using freeware and open source programs under Windows using an IDE with text editor, code completion, class navigation features, and with debugging capabilities.

So no more excuses for the newcomers windows developers in joining the Celestia project!

Windows glutCelestia obtained with MINGW through DevC++ RUNS

I know that many of you won't be absolutely interested in this.
But no matters for me its a little big result!

Paolo wrote:Windows glutCelestia obtained with MINGW through DevC++ RUNS

Well done!