Is there a tutorial on how to use Pellas C for beginners?

[Bitbeisser]

Thanks Frankie again for your suggestions and help. I grew up with CP/M then went to Microsoft DOS so I've used command lines a lot.

Well, that makes you roughly as old as I am, I got started with CP/M, Apple DOS, Trash-DOS etc back in the '70s myself.

But ever since Turbo Pascal 1.0 on CP/M came out, I preferred to use an IDE for any compiler, in any language as much as I possibly could. This was also the main reason why I switched from DeSmet C to Turbo C as soon as that came out back in the early '80s.

You just have to see the IDE as a tool that is able to help you getting things done without having to deal with learning how each and every part of a compiler setup works on the command line. And pretty much each and every compiler is different, differences in the underlying OS notwithstanding... 

Ralf

[frankie]

Thanks Frankie again for your suggestions and help. I grew up with CP/M then went to Microsoft DOS so I've used command lines a lot.

Well, that makes you roughly as old as I am, I got started with CP/M, Apple DOS, Trash-DOS etc back in the '70s myself.

But ever since Turbo Pascal 1.0 on CP/M came out, I preferred to use an IDE for any compiler, in any language as much as I possibly could. This was also the main reason why I switched from DeSmet C to Turbo C as soon as that came out back in the early '80s.

You just have to see the IDE as a tool that is able to help you getting things done without having to deal with learning how each and every part of a compiler setup works on the command line. And pretty much each and every compiler is different, differences in the underlying OS notwithstanding... 

Ralf

We are all on the same side ... 
Anyway get your time to move on, CP/M was great, but that times are gone, and as we already have done you'll get your way on 

[czerny]

This tutorial should include all the steps needed to generate a simple running program such as printing "Hello, world" using the command prompt window. Perhaps it could then demonstrate additional features of Pelles C in simple steps.

http://wiki.pellesc.de/doku.php/command

[colepc]

This tutorial should include all the steps needed to generate a simple running program such as printing "Hello, world" using the command prompt window. Perhaps it could then demonstrate additional features of Pelles C in simple steps.

http://wiki.pellesc.de/doku.php/command

Thanks Czerny for the link for a quick guide for using the IDE. Should I get more adventuresome, I'll give it a try. Right now things are simple for me using the command prompt concept.

At this point I'm just kind of re-learning C after being away from it for so long. I need to re-read my copy of Kernighan/Ritchie "The C Programming Language" so I can re-remember how to use pointers, structures, and the other hard to learn stuff. Currently using a lot of while, if, and if/else but have yet to use for, do/while, and the others I've forgotten.

I created a program to view a file in hexadecimal, a program to create passwords, a program to encrypt a file using those passwords, and a program to decrypt the encrypted file. All of these I have done using simple command lines with no support for graphics or windows. I'm still having fun though, perhaps too much fun as I was mostly in C la la land all day and forgot to finish my laundry.   

[Bitbeisser]

Thanks Frankie again for your suggestions and help. I grew up with CP/M then went to Microsoft DOS so I've used command lines a lot.

Well, that makes you roughly as old as I am, I got started with CP/M, Apple DOS, Trash-DOS etc back in the '70s myself.

But ever since Turbo Pascal 1.0 on CP/M came out, I preferred to use an IDE for any compiler, in any language as much as I possibly could. This was also the main reason why I switched from DeSmet C to Turbo C as soon as that came out back in the early '80s.

You just have to see the IDE as a tool that is able to help you getting things done without having to deal with learning how each and every part of a compiler setup works on the command line. And pretty much each and every compiler is different, differences in the underlying OS notwithstanding... 

Ralf

We are all on the same side ... 
Anyway get your time to move on, CP/M was great, but that times are gone, and as we already have done you'll get your way on 

I am honestly a bit puzzled how/why you reply to me like this? 

Ralf

[frankie]

I am honestly a bit puzzled how/why you reply to me like this? 

Ralf

Sorry Ralf. I meant:
As Ralf said ....

[Bitbeisser]

I am honestly a bit puzzled how/why you reply to me like this? 

Ralf

Sorry Ralf. I meant:
As Ralf said ....

Aaahhh, that clears things up! ;-)

Ralf