Thanks, I had a look at the FAQ, and also at Fink. It mentions this: "If you get errors related to macros, use the -traditional-cpp option." Where would I add that option? I did…

The C Preprocessor in OS X (made by Apple I think) goes a bit squiffy on some code. So you need to pass -traditional-cpp to cc when it compiles. This is done by adding it to the C…

Tenon has pre-compiled ports of GTK+, Gnome-libs and others you can download from their page and in the Xterm just type "make install" and your off and running!

But Tenon's XTools is an overprices PoS. Just install fink and then you can fink install gtk and things, which is even easier, and FREE!

Thanks, both of you. I've downloaded the precompiled files from Tenon, and installed Fink, too, which seems to be very helpful! Fink is currently compiling imlib, hopefully I'll …

I'm thrilled that the XonX project is as far as it is, but I really need for it to be rootless (so that Aqua and X can run side-by-side) before I can use it for anything interestin…

Ok... I did: /sw/bin/fink install gnome-libs , and it says it requires orbit and esound. However, when it was compiling esound it got this: gcc -g -O2 -L/sw/lib -o .libs/esdsampl…

I've seen these functions in the files ProjectBuilder makes, argc and argv. I've been looking around, and I can't seem to find out how they work. My C++ assumes knowlege, and my C …

These are classical C/C++ programming. int argc is the number of parameters passed to your executable char *argv[] is a array for all parameters passed to your exec. ie : toto -N…

Hi! I am looking for some beginner cocoa programmers for my upcoming website who would be willing to share some source codes and small, easy to understand tutorials with other beg…

Instead of starting another site, why not just write for CocoaDevCentral or something?

the point is, that it is going to be another site.

I've been a windows user for a quite a while and have recently bought a cube. I'm interested in doing some simple C programming for a computer science class, and need a way to comp…

You can either use cc (which is basically gcc 2.95.2 with some apple modifications), or Project Builder, which is a GUI IDE that calls cc under the hood. If you use PB, you'll want…

Project Builder will do it (& much more), but all you need for simple C programs is a text editor, and the "cc" command (on the CLI).

you mentioned just using a text editor and using the cc command? what are they and where do i input these commands? i'm required to use ANSI C in my engineering class, and i really…

The gcc command is definitely ANSI compliant, so no worries there. For editing your files, there are many, many editors. BBEdit is the best (IMHO) but somewhat pricy. Goggling a…

Eric and Ryan, You guys want to follow these instructions exactly: 1. Write your program using a plain text editor, like TextEdit (for now). It will teach you to pay attention to…

Guys, note that if you're going to use TextEdit as your editor, you need to know that it creates .rtf files by default, not plain text files. Convert to a plain text file by choos…

As for the text editor... I would recommend SubEthaEdit as it is a pure text editor (you don't have to worry about accidentally saving your text as RTF), and has color coding for a…

Quote: Originally posted by larkost: As for the text editor... I would recommend SubEthaEdit as it is a pure text editor (you don't have to worry about accidentally savi…

you migth want to use the -Wall -pedantic -ansi flags on gcc.

this is great. thx guys. i'll try out each and every suggestions. i've tried compiling and testing a sample c file with the command "gcc -o test filename.c" so far, and then runnin…

Quote: Originally posted by Ryan1524: this is great. thx guys. i'll try out each and every suggestions. i've tried compiling and testing a sample c file with the command…

funny thing about xcode is that i don't know how to compile with it. granted i've only tried it once or twice, but the Compile button in the Build menu is blanked out. so with an…