[CALUG] eclipse and C on Fedora

[Randal T. Rioux]

On 11/08/2010 10:43 AM, Walt Smith wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> I have eclipse with java on Fedora-12.
> Over the years, I've done spots of plain jane
> C in simple embedded processors, and some utilities 
> on a desktop, all using basic editors and once using
> text graphics with turbo-C.
> 
> I'm not interested in asking about emacs, vi(m), gedit etc
> for this email.
> 
> It's been awhile since I have inquired about using an IDE
> for C.  And I'm admittedly a bit lazy with this one task:
> adding C rpm packages to eclipse.
> 
> SO:
> When using eclipse with java, it gives lots and lots of help
> ( similar to VS ) in the form of little windows and tooltips,
> inserting functions, refactoring, automatic fixups...
> 
> If using eclipse to do C development, is there advantage
> other than what basic editors offer ( such as coloring syntax ) ??
> i.e. do C library functions showup with prototypes onscreen etc ?
> I hope what I'm inquiiring about is clear...

Not a direct answer to your question, but a suggestion nonetheless.
Since Oracle began nomming all things Sun/Java I started looking for an
IDE that doesn't rely on such proprietary technologies. I found (the
open source) Code::Blocks - http://www.codeblocks.org - and really love
it so far.

It even makes C++/Qt4 easy :-)

I used Eclipse only minimally, with NetBeans being my IDE of choice (for
Java, PHP and C/C++). I just need to find a decent PHP IDE now!

Randy