Best Linux C/C++ programming IDE?

[ike2010]

hello everyone. i'm new to linux and looking for a good c/c++ ide. i don't need all the bells and whistles. i really live JPadPro for java programming. basically just a fancy text editor that auto indents, color codes, compiles. of course i need a little more than just the basics but i definitely don't need another visual studio. i read about kdevelop but most people seem to think it's overly complex (i'm a cs student and not a pro). i'm going to give it a shot but thought i'd get some input from everyone. oh yeah, what i would really like is an ide that will allow me to write a simple "helloworld.c" program without having to create a massive, multi-folder 'project'. thanks.

eric

p.s. i've been writing my programs in........ pico

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

You seem to be looking for more of an editor than an IDE... emacs or vim?

 

[pac1085]

Like BBWF said, you seem to be looking for something like emacs or vim. You might want to try out anjuta...but then again its alot like kdevelop.

 

[Spyro]

p.s. i've been writing my programs in........ pico

:Q

Dude, you seriously need VIM

 

[BCYL]

Just use emacs/vi and your trusty GNU compiler...

 

[ALIASMGK]

<stupid unix question that doesnt deserve its own thread so i'm mini-hijacking this one>
uhh, so in a standard unix enviornment, with an empty directory called DIR; would

rm ~/DIRPATH/DIR
and
rmdir ~/DIRPATH/DIR

essentially do the same thing?



</stupid unix question that doesnt deserve its own thread so i'm mini-hijacking this one>

 

[Nothinman]

it's all about vim, oh and ctags is bad ass too.

rm usually won't delete directories. If you use 'rm -r directory' it will, but it will also remove all the contents of that directory recursively, so be carefull.

Also realize that '~' translates to your home directory, so ~/DIRPATH/DIR expands to /home/username/DIRPATH/DIR when the command finally executes.

 

[EmperorRob]

I've actually been using kate a lot for my c/c++ work. You can have multiple files open at once, good for viewing header files, and embed a terminal window for your gcc/g++ commands.

 

[Armitage]

Nedit is nice. Kate is looking pretty good also.

But for a bare-boces sort of IDE, I really like Code Crusader and the associated debugger Code Medic.
Very nice editor, and a bare bones IDE that you can build a project in, create makefiles from, has a symbol browser and inheritance tree, etc.
It isn't free anymore unfortunately