Try MinGw:
http://www.mingw.org/
Or, you can get Code Blocks which is an IDE that bundles a copy of gcc
with itself along with the gnu debugger:
http://www.codeblocks.org/
Note: You want Code Blocks 10.05 since prior versions worked poorly
with screen readers. Navigate menus using control tab, use console
application as your project type, alt-g pulls up a file list that you
then select main.cpp from, f9 compiles and runs and that's about all
you need to learn to get started. For the rest, just tinker.
If you are just starting out with c++ I would recommend staying away
from visual studio since it has some quirks that can be very
frustrating to beginners. For instance, to get standard code to
compile, you have to create a general project or, if you create a
console application, you have to include the header file stafx.h in
your program. This is not a standard approach. To compile from
command line you have to run a batch file tucked away inside the bin
directory of the application and then you type cl yourfile.cpp. Then,
you have to go back and delete the obj file. With gcc (mingw) you
don't have to do any such thing.
To answer your second question, you can use the notepad and command
line approach but you still have to have a compiler. To do this, you
are probably going to want to go with gcc since you don't have to run
any batch files to get the compiler to work from the command prompt.
Just download the exe file from mingw.org and then add c:\mingw\bin to
your path so all you have to do to compile is type
g++ yourfile.cpp -o yourfile.exe
hth,
Alex M
On 10/25/10, chris hallsworth<christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's not completely inaccessible. It's just not as accessible as the
2005/2008 versions. You will have better results if you use NVDA instead
of JAWS for example.
Chris H
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On 25/10/2010 17:48, Oriol Gómez wrote:
vs 2010 is, as far as I know, completely inaccessible. Note that I
havent tried it myself, a friend tried it. If anyone has had success
in using vs 2010, please post.
On 10/25/10, Harmony Neil<harmonylm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've finally found the iso image link.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/04/15/visual-studio-2010-express-free-dow
nload/
If you go to the page I pasted above and the direct link is on there.
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R R Rogers
Sent: 25 October 2010 17:54
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: C++ Compilers
Tyler Littlefield
Where can I get this C++ compiler? Who has it? Can I download it or buy
it
online?
Robert Rogers
rrrogers@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Littlefield, Tyler<mailto:tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: C++ Compilers
Forget visual studio if you don't want to fight with your screen reader.
In
my opinion, it's a complete mess.
The people that use it daily would disagree... it is harder to use
sometimes, but it works a lot better and you get more than you would with
edsharp in terms of code completion, etc. Also... it's so much easier to
tap
f6 than it is to alt+tab to a command window and type make when you have
a
project with a lot of files. Or run a batch file to compile, or whatever
it
is you do with projects of lots of files.
On 10/25/2010 9:12 AM, QuentinC wrote:
You can use gcc for both windows and linux. It's free software so free of
charge, and very good once you are used to.
Forget visual studio if you don't want to fight with your screen reader.
In
my opinion, it's a complete mess.
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