[Geany] Geany compiling error on Windows

[Alexandru Guzu]

Hey guys,

Guess what... I worked!!!
Somehow I think I installed the same thing, but with the link you gave me, I
had the option to choose which compilers to install. After choosing a C
compiler (even thought I wrote "C++" code) it worked.
Well there are some problems with my code now, but at least I get errors
pointing at specific lines instead of just getting "Cannot execute child
process".

Anyway, thanks guys! Also I think you should mention about this MinGW on
your site, so others can benefit from my experience without too much
trouble.

Basically what i had to install was:
-Geany
-GTK+ Runtime Environment (not sure if this was actually necessary)
-Selected compilers from the link you gave me via the Automated MinGW
installer (5.1.3)
Also i had to set the path to the g++.exe like this: C:\MinGW\bin\g++ -Wall
-c "%f"
This path also worked: C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe -Wall -c "%f"

Again thanks for your help.

Regards,

Alex.

On 3/14/08, Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:50:06 -0600
> "Alexandru Guzu" <alexguzu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
> > As far as executing Geany in the cygwin environment.. I suppose I
> > have to compile the file using the command line, separately from
> > Geany. And even the cygwin minght not be "complete" in the sense that
> > it may require another piece of software, and so on. I don't really
>
> I haven't used cygwin myself, but it is quite a big suite of software.
> Personally I just use the MinGW tools. Also I should warn you that
> compiling Geany on Windows is quite involved, and shouldn't be
> necessary.
>
> > like fiddling with such software. When I was working in java, I used
> > Eclipse, and i just had to install some java stuff, but I knew
> > exactly what to install. Now i don't know what compiler works "out of
> > the box" with Geany on Windows.
>
> The MinGW gcc compiler should work, I use it myself.
>
> You may already have done this, but just in case you downloaded only
> gcc, use the 'Automated MinGW Installer' program:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435
>
> Also you should probably read any documentation for MinGW.
>
> I understand it can be a barrier having to install tools yourself, but
> Geany is meant to be a lightweight IDE, and many people use Geany who
> don't want to do any C programming. So it doesn't make sense for us to
> offer a bundled download. Of course, someone could make a
> MinGW-Geany bundle if they want to, under the terms of the GNU GPL.
>
> > Probably it's not a good idea to use Geany on Windows after all.
> > Has anyone actually been able to compile with Geany under Windows,
> > and if so, what are the steps?
>
> Besides what I mentioned earlier, you should check that you can compile
> with gcc from the command prompt (usually cmd.exe). If this is the
> case, it's possible there is a bug with Geany's build support on
> Windows.
>
> Another thing to try is writing a Makefile and using the Build->Make
> command, after configuring the make tool in preferences. (Most useful
> projects should use makefiles anyway.)
>
> Just to be clear - both gcc and make work fine for me on Windows
> 2000 with a recent version of Geany (read 0.13).
>
> Regards,
> Nick
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