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Windows RT SimpleIDE Application

plau45plau45 Posts: 109
edited 2014-09-12 15:44 in Propeller 1
I'm not sure if you guys plan on making an app for this but I'll ask. Do you guys plan on making a windows rt based application for SimpleIDE or some sort of open source programming tool in c. I would love to be able to program on the go using my windows surface. Most times when I have a coding idea or a possible fix to all ready existing code I am almost always at my school and have no way properly writing it down or typing it. I always, however, have my Windows Surface on me. I was just curious to see if anyone had given it any thought. Thanks.

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  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2014-09-12 09:35
    Hi.

    SimpleIDE is built on digia Qt technology. Qt theoretically supports WindowsRT, but it is very unclear at this point how much work is required to make SimpleIDE work on the RT platform.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2014-09-12 15:05
    The MAIN reason I dumped my Windows phone for an Android based phone is because of the lack of Apps available for Windows phones. That and having to reboot almost as much as my desktop/laptop.
  • DavidZemonDavidZemon Posts: 2,973
    edited 2014-09-12 15:42
    Your most plausible option is going to be the web-based tool that is being worked on at the moment. Though that might have been spin only... not sure.

    Do you have access to a command line in RT? I found a Google result showing a screenshot with a shell up and running, but I'm not 100% convinced the guy was correct when he said he was running RT.

    Windows RT is, by definition, ARM-based right? So that's going to be your biggest problem: you need PropGCC compiled for it. I can't help you with that, but maybe jazzed can point you in the right direction. PropGCC already has instructions for cross-compiling to the raspberry pi (which is ARM), so perhaps you can, without too much trouble, modify that to cross-compile for RT. Of course, if you can get a copy of MinGW compiled for Windows RT, then you could compile your own version of PropGCC and many more doors will be opened up. You'll also need Make (you'd probably need to compile this from source)

    Once you have a version of PropGCC, then you have some options in front of you. SimpleIDE is one. Manually compiling all of your projects at the command prompt is another. I've compiled the Simple files into single library archives, so you might find it easier to link against them than to copy the necessary files into your project each time.

    PropWare is an option if you can find a version of CMake running on RT (you can easily compile your own version if you have MinGW on RT). But PropWare does not provide a graphical environment - only a build system (much easier than manually compiling everything at the command line).

    ---Edit---

    I just noticed you're not looking to actually download programs to hardware. In that case, maybe you don't even need to compile? Maybe you only want a simple code editor with syntax highlighting so that you can get your ideas written/typed for later use? If that's the case, check out this link from Google: http://blog.smartbear.com/microsoft/8-great-code-editors-for-windows-8-rt-for-free-or-cheap/
  • DavidZemonDavidZemon Posts: 2,973
    edited 2014-09-12 15:44
    Web-based IDE

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/157215-Open-Propeller-Project-7-Programming-Propellers-from-a-Chromebook
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