Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:31:17 -0200
From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak <csrabak AT dmeasc DOT ipt DOT br>
Subject: Re: DJGPP and Editing
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: Escher <escher AT selway DOT umt DOT edu>, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On 31 Oct 1995, Escher wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone out there suggest a good programmer's editor for use with
> > DJGPP?
> 
> GNU Emacs.  Get the pre-compiled binary from SimTel, directory 
> /SimTel/vendors/gnu/gnuish/, files emx1929?.zip.

This is a superb editor (I use it personally) but it is important to
warn that the makefile mode works properly only if you use a the gcc compiled
for real mode (available at same place one gets DJGPP, see the FAQ), and if
your makefile is recursive it is a good idea to get a real mode version of
make as well (and recompile it to swap itself completely to disk when 
spawning, using LIBs appropriate for this) in order the functionality be
available at all.

Its worthwhile mentioning I can easily build (make) projects from within
Emacs using Watcom C/C++ 10.0 tools, and MSC VC 1.5, but not with the 32 bit
versions of DJGPP's "make" and "gcc".

I INSIST all this is described in the FAQ, but may be skipped in a first 
reading, so the rememberance. 

> 
> >     (I don't suppose there's one that handles the makefiles, is there?)
> 
> Emacs has a special makefile mode (as it does for everything else) which 
> might help you.  But be warned that Emacs is a very complex program (like 
> any feature-rich editor) and takes some learning to become comfortable 
> with.
> 

BTW, for people asking for a kind of IDE for DJGPP. This may be the 
nearest available:

	from within Emacs one can call a special mode that reads Info pages
	(yes the very missed help on line!)
	and for those that miss the sintax highlighting, there is a package
	called "hilit19", (albeit it slows video refresh, in my machine, so
	caveat utilitor)