'Re: Which Xcode?'

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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: Which Xcode?
From:       René_JV_Bertin <rjvbertin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-11-23 16:33:09
Message-ID: CD62BEA5-0B27-4373-85CB-20886E20C6D0 () gmail ! com
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I already adapted Xc 3.2 .pbcompspec files to have Macport's gcc48 and clang 3.4 in \
the IDE, as well as Apple 's Clang 3 from Xc 4.  The SDKs might be more challenging.

R

On 23 Nov 2014, at 14:27, Michael Crawford <mdcrawford@gmail.com> wrote:

> Apple has not documented any way to plug in compilers other than those
> that come with Xcode.  That doesn't mean that one cannot do so, just
> that Apple won't tell you how.
> 
> However - while it would be some work - you could write an external
> "compiler" that plugs into CodeWarrior.  That would just be a wrapper
> around the clang command-line tool, as well as the various
> configuration dialogs.
> 
> The current FreeScale CodeWarrior only runs on Windows, I think, but
> you could write a clang plugin for CodeWarrior 8 or 9.
> 
> Am I correct that CodeWarrior Pro 9 for OS X was free as in beer?
> 
> I have CodeWarrior Pro 8 for both Windows and Mac.  It's quite nice.
> Michael David Crawford
> mdcrawford@gmail.com
> http://www.warplife.com/mdc/
> 
> Available for Software Development in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan
> Area.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:51 AM, René JV Bertin <rjvbertin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wonder to what extent Xcode 3.2.6 can be configured to use new clang and the \
> > latest SDKs. That's an IDE concept I still prefer: individual editor windows, a \
> > separate project window etc. I really don't get that fashion of monolithic \
> > interfaces that block everything behind them and make it complicated to do \
> > copy/pasting among documents. 
> > R
> > 
> > On 23 Nov 2014, at 09:44, Michael Crawford <mdcrawford@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Xcode doesn't really do anything that you couldn't do with clang,
> > > llvm, gnu make and your choice of text editor.
> > > 
> > > The best I've ever been able to say about Xcode is that I found it
> > > barely tolerable, now I regard using it as just like pounding nails
> > > with my fists.
> > > 
> > > This is not at all to say I don't like Integrated Development
> > > Environments.  I like them just fine - ThinkC, Symantec C and
> > > Metrowerks CodeWarrior all suited me just fine.  It's that I regard
> > > Xcode as quite poorly designed.
> > > 
> > > While I haven't actually done so yet, sometime soon I'm going to write
> > > a Makefile to build my iPhone App Warp Life
> > > (http://www.warplife.com/life/).  I'm planning to release the source
> > > as Free Software.  That source release isn't going to come with an
> > > Xcode project, because I have grown so weary of new versions of Xcode
> > > breaking stuff that used to work well.
> > > Michael David Crawford
> > > mdcrawford@gmail.com
> > > http://www.warplife.com/mdc/
> > > 
> > > Available for Software Development in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan
> > > Area.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:23 PM, René JV Bertin <rjvbertin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > If you have concerns about problems in Xcode 6.1, could you be more \
> > > > > specific?
> > > > 
> > > > I suppose he may be referring to the reviews on the Store (I checked several \
> > > > national stores, the reviews all agree that this version is buggy and crashy) \
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