Programming at school

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Started by Mizipzor January 27, 2006 03:30 AM

21 comments, last by tldalton1622 18 years, 2 months ago

535

January 27, 2006 05:41 AM

Quote:Original post by tldalton1622
hey for that crimson editor. I downloaded it. Now i was wondering if you know how to compile a file in c++.

or if you could compile it....

This page has a good explanation of how to setup and use compilers, for both a MS one and g++. Then with the crimson editor under tools->conf. user tools you can set it up with your compiler of choice to avoid some boring repetition.

Anonymous

January 27, 2006 05:41 AM

Try ConTEXT
For others see: Here

Anonymous

January 27, 2006 05:43 AM

Sorry, lost link: http://www.devzoo.com//index.php?tooltype=WindowsEditor

paulecoyote

1,065

January 27, 2006 05:52 AM

Interesting problem, I'm with the others - it should be the lecturer & IT Staff to provide you guys with a proper enviornment.

You might want to invest in a usb key device - small ones are dirt cheap these days and you might be able to fit a more friendly enviornment on there.

I expect admin rights have been locked down on your machines so things that use Install Shield and write to the registry I guess won't work that immediately take MS Express and things like that out of the equation.

Good luck anyways

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m3rcyful ag3nt

158

January 27, 2006 06:50 AM

If you have a usb drive, try to install dev-c++ in it. It might work.

Samurai Jack

455

January 27, 2006 07:00 AM

In worst case, fire up command prompt (start/run cmd.exe) or command.com and you may start writing your programs simply with:

copy con test.c
#include <stdio.h>
void main(void)
{
printf("hello world!\n");
}
<press F6>^<enter>

viola. you get test.c on your drive. Of course, this is as mouch hardcore as it gets. You still need a compiler.

But seriously. Why not get a solution like RADIX Protector or something like that, where core system files get protected by hardware, anyone may install everything he wants but after reset the computer is as it was new. This is just a suggestion for your IT.

Ravuya

136

January 27, 2006 11:14 AM

Crimson Editor is rather "portable".

Edit: Bah, it's already been suggested. I used to tote GVIM for Windows around on a USB key when I was in high school, but don't do that anymore now that I lug a laptop instead.

Mizipzor

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January 27, 2006 03:19 PM

I think I could fit various text editors inside the "my documents" folder. I will look into having dev-cpp on a usb memory stick, but I think dev-cpp wants registry access.

Quote:Original post by DeadXorAlive
Quote:Original post by tldalton1622
hey for that crimson editor. I downloaded it. Now i was wondering if you know how to compile a file in c++.

or if you could compile it....

This page has a good explanation of how to setup and use compilers, for both a MS one and g++. Then with the crimson editor under tools->conf. user tools you can set it up with your compiler of choice to avoid some boring repetition.

Good suggestion, having just a little compiler that compiled textfiles and linked them would work well. But doing it that way (just guessing now, havent done it this way before) it would become very manual and since Im doing this to help my classmates it maybe isnt such a good idea after all. I want to be able to do something to ease the work with all these crappy IDE's so they could focus more on the actual coding, but this way, maybe they get even more stuff to think about. :P

Good discussion so far though. Thanks everyone for your input. :)

Promit

13,404

January 27, 2006 03:32 PM

Try to set up Code::Blocks if you can, see if that works.

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paulecoyote

1,065

February 02, 2006 05:17 AM

Make sure you won't get in to trouble with the network people either. Some (!) of them can be minor power wielders, and if loading programs of your own is against their acceptable use policy you could get told off, or worse.

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