programming C on a Mac....

[randomlinh]

ok, I don't really code anymore, but I'm helping a friend out in a beginers class. instead of using emacs, trying to find a good text editor basically to code on OSX (ok, mainly having the colors is nice any handy.. that's what i'm asking ). Don't really need to compile since i doubt anything needed is installed...

thanks

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

BBedit? The developer tools all come with OSX, shouldn't be hard to install. Then you have gcc et al.

 

[randomlinh]

any free programs?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

All of the ones I mentioned, although I'm not sure if bbedit is shareware or what.

 

[notfred]

The developer tools, Xcode if he's using panther. If he's using an older version of OS X, there are older developer tools available as well. They old project builder was quite capable, if not as nice as Xcode.

BBEdit is not free, but it's a fantastic text editor.

OS X comes with gcc so you won't need another compiler. Gcc is what Xcode uses but gives it a friendly IDE type interface.

Screenshot of BBEdit w/ C code open
Screenshot of Xcode w/ C code open

They're both good products

 

[Ynog]

You could usually use Xemacs.

Its a late port, so the version is older than the current.
And I am not sure how well it will work. However you can always give it a try, its free