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Y treefingers Y · I wanna be a ballerina! Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 29

how do you have a bin to include .h files (such as apstring.h, or apmatrix.h) because i need to know how...i just got it yesterday.

ThousandKnives · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 5:00 pm Post subject:

Well, I've been using Dev-C++ for the past 6 months and, uh... I have to admit I have NO idea what your question is actually about.

Do you mean, "how do I specify an include folder other than the default one?" Cause that would be under:
Tools:Compiler Options:Directories:C includes
Just click "add" or something. It's not rocket science.

Or did you mean something else entirely?

Bjorn · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2003 7:38 pm Post subject:

Maybe he means the include directive, like for library includes:

#include <apstring.h>

Or for your own include files, place them next to your c/cpp files and use:

#include "apstring.h"

Just a wild guess though.

Y treefingers Y@lazytolog · Guest

well, in Metrowerks (another compiler i used to use at school), you would have a Bin, and if you have something like "apstring.h", then you would have to copy the .h file into the bin. But on this, i understand it now...thousandknives explained it...i just have to go to compiler options, then make a directory to where all the includes are. Thanks

DrV · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 4:36 am Post subject:

Standard place for includes is in dev-c++\include... I think... dunno.
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ThousandKnives · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 4:56 am Post subject:

Yup! All in a days work for the mighty TK!!

...even if I didn't have a clue if I was on talking about the right thing or not.

I sorta remember having an issue like that at first, I had to um, specify some additional directory for C++ includes like "include/c++/mingw32" to get it to compile properly, I guess I use some headers that gcc doesnt have or something. I don't really remember anymore. Heh Then there was the business of getting the properly compiled Direct X libraries. Ugh. I should've really stopped being a cheap-ass many many years ago and bought Visual but, I guess I'm just cheap to the end.

DrunkenCoder · Demon Hunter Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 559

Actually I thinkg Dev-C++ is in many aspects better than Visual esp. .NET is really really annoying, they turned a fast nice IDE into a unintuative sloth.
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Y treefingers Y · I wanna be a ballerina! Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 29

1 more question...what do i use to make resource script (.rc) files? (im learning how to make windows w/menus)

ThousandKnives · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 7:29 pm Post subject:

Sirocco · Mage Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 345

I don't mind Dev-C++ so much, but it lacks a lot of functionality that has been in RHIDE for years... I find myself groping alt-f2 in a vain effort to bring up a list of routines/functions inside the current source file, forgetting which IDE I'm using :(

I generally dev my sources in RHIDE, then fire up Dev-C++ when it's actually time to compile a win32 binary.

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DrV · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:38 am Post subject:

Bjorn · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:23 pm Post subject:

The talk about Dev-C++ here made me download the newest version and try it out. The previous time I tried it out must have been two years ago at least. Indeed, this program is becoming more and more complete and solid. I've setup Cave Adventure to compile with it and link with it's libraries (allegro, alogg and lua) and it's working fine. I haven't encountered any serious bugs in Dev-C++ yet, though some small ones.

Sirocco, while surely Dev-C++ doesn't have an Alt+F2 shortcut to give a list of functions in the current source file, it does have the same (and I think more advanced) functionality in it's "Classes" tab. I've never used RHIDE for any of my projects though.

Edit: After a short investigation, I found out Dev-C++ has a nice "Goto function..." feature that can be invoked with Ctrl+Shift+G, and you can even set it to Alt+F2 in the shurtcut settings if you want.

DrV · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 1:14 am Post subject:

Does that Goto Function work if you don't have the file in question added to your project? (I've gotta get a more recent version. :)
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Bjorn · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 9:15 am Post subject:

The "Goto function..." facility is for jumping to a function in the currently opened file. The "Classes" tab can show all global functions/variables and classes in your project. I don't know about jumping to functions outside your project...

Edit: Ok, I think I know what you mean now. It seems that you cannot use the feature if you're just editing some source file, it needs to be part of the project. I hope the developers intend to do something about this.

Edit 2: Right, now I found out that the "Goto function..." list is working for arbitrarily opened files too, only not when a project is opened and they're not in it.

DrV · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 9:32 pm Post subject:

I loooove Visual Studio's Ctrl-F2 shortcut, Intellisense, etc. Makes life easier for lazy coders like me. :)
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