From: Abe Mishler <a...@mishlerlabs.com> Thanks. I'll look into OpenWatcom. I see it is supposed to have a nice debugger and Id used it for Doom. Interesting.
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 1:11 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Abe Mishler <a...@mishlerlabs.com> wrote: >> >> Is anybody else running the Turbo C 2.01 IDE under FreeDOS? I appreciate any >> help towards this end. > > I don't normally use IDEs. The very few times I do, I use TC++101 > instead (which has less bugs and is noticeably faster code). While > Embarcadero has annoying restrictions, you can still allegedly > download (newer) TC++ but maybe have to (also) download (Windows) > trialware/bloatware first. So please try that, it's a better choice. > > https://edn.embarcadero.com/article/21751 > > Just for completeness, you can dual boot MS-DOS and FreeDOS with > MetaKern. But I don't think it's necessary, and I'd honestly be > surprised if this was truly a kernel bug. > > The only quirk I remember hearing about in recent years was slowdown > (in Borland IDEs) due to FDAPM, but that can be worked around by using > "ADV:REG" instead. > > Sorry if that's not quite the perfect solution you want to hear. > Honestly, we have so many other compilers that few consider Borland > tools that crucial anymore. (I know some people prefer them, but we > don't *need* them, thankfully.) > > If all you want is error checking (jump to compiler errors in editor), > I think even a DJGPP compile of JED supported that. Heck, a lot of > text editors (TPE?) also supported such error-jumping. > > http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TPE > > Normally, since it is OSI-approved and supports cross-compilation, > OpenWatcom is preferred for FreeDOS development. It doesn't come with > a (DOS) IDE, only a vi clone. IIRC, although I only tried it maybe > once, there was also an old third-party (DOS, Watcom) IDE called > PowerView, which you can find (and sources) on Simtel mirror under > /pgmutl/ (pvide50.zip, pvidesrc.zip): > > http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel0101/simtel/pgmutl/ > > Other than that, I don't know what to tell you. (DJGPP has old/dead > RHIDE, and FPC has its own [Go32v2] IDE.) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Internet Rex 2.29 * Origin: capcity2.synchro.net - 502/875-8938 (276:10/901) --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux ListGate 1.3 * Capitol City Online - Frankfort, KY - telnet://capitolcityonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
