on my grab bag site you can find a few IDE's and editors listed in the third section of the homepage. as far as I have seen, if not in the VS IDE most seem to use eclipse for such work. the site is right under my name, inthane proprietor, The Grab Bag, for blind computer users and programmers http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!" www.alacorncomputer.com Owner: Agemtree "merchants in fine facetted and cabochon gemstones" www.agemtree.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Haden Pike To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 1:01 PM Subject: environment to write c++ Hi list. Can anyone recommend an environment to write c++ programs in. I don't much like visual c++ and I was wondering if anyone had a good alternative. Thanks for any help. Haden