MinGW Developer Studio

What is MinGW Developer Studio?

MinGW Developer Studio is a Cross-Platform C/C++ Integrated Development Environment(IDE) for GNU GCC compiler system. Currently it supports Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.

it offers many powerful features for C/C++ programmers.

Multiple document interface(MDI)
Syntax highlighting for C/C++.
Automatic and smart indentation.
Code Folding.
Project management.
Help integration.
Find and replace facilities.
Debugging(using GNU gdb)
Code calltip.
GNU makefile generation.

System Requirement

Windows version
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP or higher.
- MinGW 1.1 or higher(Optional, if you got the full version of MinGW Developer Studio)
Linux version
- GTK+ 2.0 or higher.
- GNU gdb 5.21 or higher.(Optional if you don't use its debugging features)
FreeBSD version
- GTK+ 2.0 or higher.
- GNU gdb 5.21 or higher.(Optional if you don't use its debugging features)

Installation

Windows version
- Setup MinGW Developer Studio If you got a self-extracting setup file , just run the executable. If you got a zip file , extract it to a directory (like c:\MinGWStudio)
- Tell MinGW Developer Studio where your MinGW compiler is. If you got the full version(Integrated MinGW compiler) you can skip this step.
Run MinGW Developer Studio.
Go to menu "Edit" and select "Options"
Select "Compiler" tab and enter or browse your MinGW directory. (This directory is MinGW root directory not MinGW bin directory like c:\MinGW not c:\MinGW\bin)

Note that if you got a full version and you have installed MinGW Developer Studio before you may have to tell MinGW Developer Studio for your new MinGW path if you would like to use MinGW Compiler that comes with MinGW Developer Studio.

Linux & FreeBSD version
- Unpack the package mingw-devstudio_OS-yyy.tar.gz in a location that you would like to keep MinGW Studio.
- OS is linux or freebsd yyy is MinGW Developer Studio version.

Remove

Windows version
- Installer version.

Run 'Uninstall' on the MinGW Developer Studio Start Menu folder or open 'Add/Remove Programs' in Control Panel and double-click 'MinGW Developer Studio' in the list box.

Zip version.

Just delete a folder of MinGW Developer Studio.

Linux & FreeBSD version

Just delete the folder that contains MinGW Studio.

Feedback

For feedback, questions, bugs report and any comments: - E-mail thipchart@gmail.com
- Homepage http://www.parinyasoft.com/ - Forum http://www.parinyasoft.com/forums - Mailing list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mingw-devstudio/