-=> Quoting Darin McBride to Paul Sidorsky <=- 

 DM> Be fair, Paul - what was lacking?
 
 PS> Several important functions (I forget which ones, 
 PS> sorry...it was a long time ago that I tried it), an 
 PS> IDE, OS/2 API reference (this is EMX I'm talking 
 PS> about), possibly a debugger but I never looked for one.

 DM> IDE: it seems to me that there is a freeware IDE available for EMX. 
 DM> Sure, it isn't part of the base package, but for the price, it can't
 DM> be beat.  :-)  However, EMX was made to model the unix environment,
 DM> and for that you use makefiles.  Much easier on memory and diskspace
 DM> that way.  And faster.  :-}

The GNU port of Emacs for OS/2 can be used as an IDE to run make and
jump to errors in the source.  This still requires make and Makefiles.
Emacs also has C and C++ modes, and I _think_ color syntax highlighting,
and context sensitive help, i.e. help pops for the word under the
cursor.  Emacs has a learning curve on the order of learning a new OS,
if not higher.

I prefer Qedit, make, and two VIO windows, one for compiling and one for
editing. :-)

Phil - Fido:  1:124/8014.0 | Internet:  phil.crown{at}bluecafe.com

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