[NTLUG:Discuss] MPLAB PIC microcontroller IDE for Linux

[Johnny Cybermyth]

Thank you for the link before.  I did check it out and I have it 
bookmarked.  From that site, I spent quite a bit of time linking around 
and found many good pic resources.

The reason that I'm so hard up for an IDE is that I have an opportunity 
to sell this open source idea into the DeVRY University curriculum which 
currently does not utilize any open source tools.  They advocate things 
like the Keil compiler($3000) and MS Visual C++ for engineering apps.  I 
got into djgpp when I was going there and got it to compile all of my 
labs with great success.  But, I couldn't get anyone interested in it 
because of the lack of an IDE.

Also, I'm going to the Microchip Masters conference in a month and I 
plan to take my Linux laptop and use it to show many engineers that 
Linux can work in their field, with their microcontroller targets of 
choice.  Again, it will be much more effective if I had an intuitive, 
and simple looking environment to showcase.

People will continue to use expensive, propriety tools because of the 
presentation of a one-stop solution.  If the decision-makers are to 
embrace what they will initially view as "low end alternative"(we know 
better, but others don't), it must come in a simple, approachable 
package.  That's the facts.

Brian wrote:
> Johnny--
> 
> Did you check out the link I posted?  There are several Linux
> microcontroller programming apps out there...I'm not too sure why
> you're insisting on an IDE.  Many just use the programming editor of
> their choice, compile the program and then use a separate loader to
> load it.  Or consider running a Windows IDE under WINE if you're that
> set on an IDE platform.
> 
>    --Brian
> 
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:09:54AM -0500, Johnny Cybermyth wrote:
> 
>>I am still hunting for a good linux IDE for coding c microcontroller 
>>projects.  I have run across something called the GNAT Programming 
>>studio that I haven't tried yet.  Has anyone else given this a shot?  I 
>>have tried XEmacs and am just not getting what I need out of it.  I'm 
>>quite sure XEmacs is _flexible_ enough to do what I want, it is just a 
>>matter of learning how to do everything (i.e. spend time programming the 
>>IDE).  2 immediate issues are:
>>1> no color syntax highlighting even when in cc mode
>>2> don't know how to save custom key bindings from session to session
> 
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