Linux software development IDE quandary

[Mark Woodward]

I don't need cmake, per se', GNU make is perfectly capable. Besides, I have all my OS definitions collected through the years. I was looking more for an IDE type system.


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have you tried cmake?

On 06/05/2010 10:56 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:

> >  Here's my problem:
> >
> >  I'm old. I'm set in my ways.  I have a LOT of code that has accumulated
> >  over my career and stored in libraries that I use for various projects
> >  from time to time.
> >
> >  Most of the code is pretty good, I think, some of it is crap that works
> >  or mostly works. It builds on almost any platform with a little tweaking
> >  from time to time. Subsets of this code have been used on embedded x86
> >  projects, embedded Linux ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, Windows, solaris, Linux (of
> >  course). You get the picture. To accomplish this, I have some pretty
> >  elaborate make files. Every 5 or so years, I attempt to refactor the
> >  make system, and never quite get there. the automake stuff is such a
> >  PITA I spend a day or so on it and get frustrated.
> >
> >  I'm getting a little tired with the vi/make/gdb paradigm. It is getting
> >  laborious. With bigger monitors and more screen real estate, IDE's are
> >  starting to make more sense. The problem, none of the IDEs I have looked
> >  at support external projects very well. Unless you use their project and
> >  make system, the IDE is reduced to an MDI editor and a way to run make.
> >  You don't get any of the benefit of the tags and stuff.
> >
> >  Sure, I can add this crap to my make files, but jeez, then why bother
> >  with the ide in the first place?
> >
> >  Anyone have any suggestions? Want to share your your misery?
>