- a text editor ( vi, vim, gvim )
- a compiler ( g++ )
- a terminal
Given that Mac OS X is backed by Unix, I thought it would be simple to get up and running. As always, it took me longer than expected. Here's what I did.
Instead of gvim, I installed macvim. As suggested I moved the MacVim icon to the applications folder. I also made a copy of the mvim script to /usr/local/bin folder.
sudo cp ~/Downloads/MacVim-snapshot-66/mvim /usr/local/bin
Now I can open macvim from any terminal directory with commands like:
mvim
mvim main.cpp
In order to get the compiler working I installed xcode. You can write, compile and run code all from xcode, but the compiler isn't available on the command line. To install the command line tools:
open xcode -->
open the xcode menu -->
open preferences -->
open the downloads and install the command line tools.
After it all installs, you should be able write a simple c++ file and compile it in the terminal with commands like:
g++ main.cpp
./a.out
Instead of gvim, I installed macvim. As suggested I moved the MacVim icon to the applications folder. I also made a copy of the mvim script to /usr/local/bin folder.
sudo cp ~/Downloads/MacVim-snapshot-66/mvim /usr/local/bin
Now I can open macvim from any terminal directory with commands like:
mvim
mvim main.cpp
In order to get the compiler working I installed xcode. You can write, compile and run code all from xcode, but the compiler isn't available on the command line. To install the command line tools:
open xcode -->
open the xcode menu -->
open preferences -->
open the downloads and install the command line tools.
After it all installs, you should be able write a simple c++ file and compile it in the terminal with commands like:
g++ main.cpp
./a.out
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