Re: Free Fortran compilers with GUI in Linux?

P Collins articulated on 05/01/05 17:17:

>Hello. I currently use Compaq Visual Fortran '98 in Windows. I have
>started to use Linux more and am beginning to like this O/S...more than
>Windows. I am looking for a similar compiler in Linux (SuSE 9.2 to be
>specific). At the moment I am using the free Intel Fortran compiler for
>Linux, but was hoping if you guys had any other recommendations.
>
>I am basically looking for:
>1) A text editor that responds to indentation, brackets, DO loops, etc.
>(Matches bracket colours of paired brackets, has same colours for equal
>coloured do-loops, for example)
>
>
Emacs. However, there is a fairly steep learning curve.

>2) Easy compilation from there.
>
>
Makefiles and make. Again, there is a fairly steep learning curve.

>3) GUI debugging
>
>
a. Eclipse and photran.
b. Emacs and gdb (in case of intel fortran, there is idb).
c. ddd and gdb (or idb)
d. gdb (or idb) by itself.

However, I personally am not too much in favor of debuggers: May be
because I don't write sufficiently large programs - the last one I am
working on is about 2000 lines, and I don't want to write anything
bigger than that. I find it much more rewarding in terms of coding
error-free to take the time to figure out clearly in one's mind every
objective the code is supposed to achieve. Another important point is to
start coding as the first thing in the morning when the mind is at its
sharpest, and finish it for the day in not more than 3 hours - any more
work will introduce code with errors that do more harm than cure.

>4) Free.
>
>
Everything aforementioned is free.

>In Windows, CVQ's editor was pretty close to (1), and for (2) all you
>had to do was just click on "Build". It also had (3).
>
>
CVQ's editor is nothing compared to Emacs. I can't even stand to see it.

>If an all-in-one package meeting all 4 can't be found, can you
>recommend a text editor that does (1) and a debugger that does (3)?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
Hope this helps,

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