what languages is geany for? also new code::blocks version released today, after two long years of no updates. not quite sure what has been added though, but here's the features list: http://www.codeblocks.org/features.

also yeah I'd recommend notepad++ as a replacement for notepad, as it's actually faster and about a billion times better.

All of them, geany is like a wierd fusion of Notepad++ and an IDE, you just have to set up your build etc commands manually and you're off. Cheers for the tip about a code::blocks update too..

Got SciTE (came with Lua for Windows package) and Notepad ++. Usesful, I like how SciTE has a built-in compiler.

Yeah, but the compiler doesn't really work. Keeps complaining about how it can't get the "Global command scope" or something.

That sounds like you doing it wrong, not it not working.

codeblocks is literally bad...there is no reason not to use some form of Microsoft's Visual Studio if you're programming in C/++/#. it is the singular best IDE out there and price isn't a reason we all know why(heh because they have an express edition of course)

and emacs is terrible

and gvim is the only vi worth anyone's time because you DO have access to SOME form of computer with a desktop environment, this isn't 1980.

and if you're on windows you should be using eText rather than gvim if you wanted unix functionality anyways


and ya, eText is best for lua too



real programmers would be ashamed to have a copy of emacs installed

I just use code::blocks because I'm comfortable with it.
Amen to emacs and vi being a waste of time. Vi is great for editing .confs etc before you've installed X and a window manager and got all your libs sorted, so that gives it what, 20 minutes to an hour of use depending on how good you are at setup until you get a graphical text editor? I prefer nano for most cases anyway O_o

people fling "VS is the best IDE" around all the time but I've never seen anyone explain why, so yeah can you explain why you think it is better daman? I've used a whole bunch of IDEs (including VS) and thought that code::blocks was the best.

You can use EditPlus. It is nice text editor. Its syntax highlighting feature is the best. It contains many great features such as
toolbar,cliptext, user tools, line number, ruler, url highlighting, auto-completion, column selection, powerful search and replace, multiple undo/redo, spell checker, and customisable keyboard shortcuts. It is simple and easy to use. It is free.

uh. because it is. Code::blocks is literally a text editor when you compare it to an actual IDE like VS. look up intellisense. does code::blocks have a built in debugger?

WPF editor/preview?

xaml preview?

no I am pretty sure code::blocks has NOTHING that makes VS the magnificent beast it is

A somewhat related question on programs for programming: Is there anywhere/anyway to get Visual Basic 6 for free legally?

VB6 is no longer supported. You should be getting VS2008. Express edition if you want it to match the criteria you mentioned. Though as usual they've made other ways of acquiring it a bit easier than the legit method.

VS supports visual basic. Among many other languages.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/downlo ... sual-Basic

yes, code::blocks has an autocompletion tool (which is what intellisense is), yes it has built in debugging tools though you need to download and choose which debugger to use (and compiler, but I think you can even use the VS compiler and debugger if you wanted).

It seems to me like there's only a small set of designers (such as WPF) that are specific to some peoples needs that set the two compilers apart. Have you even USED code::blocks?

Also codeblocks has syntax highlighting for Lua and many other languages, but for anything other than C/C++ it's basically a text editor.

well this is ♥♥♥♥ pointless