Anyone have recommendations for a good C editor for Windows? Any improvement over the Emacs over ssh setup I have right now would be appreciated.
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Microsoft Visual C++ (the Express editions are free and very usable) is one of the best IDEs out there, especially on Windows.
Eli Bendersky
2010-04-07 02:30:10
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Microsoft Visual C++ is a great IDE.
If you want something minimalistic, Notepad++ will give you syntax highlighting but stay out of your way.
Justin Ethier
2010-04-07 02:30:45
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I should start by pointing out that virtually any question about editor preferences pretty much qualifies to be closed as being subjective and argumentative. I don't believe for a moment that you're trying to be argumentative, but programmers do get attached to their editors...
If you like Emacs, and it's only the ssh connection that bothers you, then you can get various ports of emacs to Windows.
If you prefer vi and company, you can get vim for Windows.
If you like the normal Windows conventions for editors, Microsoft does a pretty lousy job of imitating it in the latest versions of Visual Studio (lousy compared to older versions at any rate). As compensation for its poor editing, it does have a really nice debugger though.
Another that works quite nicely is Zeus. It's purely an editor, not an IDE (e.g., no built in debugger) but it works well and provides keyboard emulation for everything from Emacs to Wordstar.
Jerry Coffin
2010-04-07 02:37:26
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If you want a straight text editor that's super powerful, I would give e a shot. It's based on the well-loved TextMate for OS X, and on top of really intelligent sytax highlighting/indenting/whatnot, it's got a pretty powerful suite of macros.
Clint Tseng
2010-04-07 02:52:11
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Source Insight is fantastic for showing you code path execution. The color coding is a nice touch and font types and sizes change as well. Many engineers I worked with swore by it.
Addie
2010-04-07 03:05:02