[gameprogrammer] Re: Linux C++ compiler without a makefile

Hi,

Kevin Jenkins wrote:
 > I'm looking for a linux C++ compiler that does not require me to edit
 > any configuration files, especially makefiles.  Is there such a thing?

First of all, you're probably confusing compilers and IDEs. Dev-C++, for 
example, uses the g++ compiler you'd use in Linux, too, but 
automatically generates the makefiles.

After a pretty short time of developing in Linux, I've found myself 
actually *preferring* the vim-g++ combination over an unhandy IDE like 
KDevelop. The reason for this is scons, which made managing projects 
rather painless. It's basically a replacement for make, but way easier 
to use because it auto-generates dependencies and the like. It also uses 
a "real" programming language (Python) for its build scripts, which 
allows for a lot of flexibility. If you have a simple program, basically 
all you have to write is this little script:

Program(target="myprog", source=["main.cpp", "file1.cpp"])

and then you only need to add new files to the list as you write them. 
Of course, you can also add arguments to modify any build parameters 
(libraries, optimization...) and make use of command line arguments that 
were passed to scons.

You can get the program from http://www.scons.org

Regards,
Sebastian


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