C/C++ IDE: GoldED AIX SP18 released

[Dietmar]

A new version of GoldED AIX has just been released.

Information about the new features and the latest files are available here

- GoldED Studio AIX is a text editor and integrated C/C++ development environment for AmigaOS and MorphOS. The latest upgrade implements many new interface customization options. GoldED includes a complete set of gcc-based development tools for AmigaOS and MorphOS in an easy-to-use package with mouseclick installation. Sample screenshot (new-look example):

Screenshot

- microgolded is a simple, low-cost version of GoldED; this editor is designed for casual users, not for developers.

Trial versions (30-day trial version and demo) can be downloaded on the official support web site.
GoldED AIX with C/C++ IDE (77 MB):
GoldED AIX without C/C++ (6 MB):
microgolded (250 KB):

http://golded.dietmar-eilert.de/golded/files.htm

[Dietmar]

> Is that screenshot meant to put people off?

Cough, not exactly, no. It Is meant to get people to buy it. Anyway, that's how it looks now. If you can stand more cruel and unusal punishment, check this screenshot of GoldED5 vs GoldED AIX:

You have been warned

[Dietmar]

> Are there any plans for an OS4 version of Golded?

Depends on what you mean with OS4 version. It will remain a program that runs across Amiga platforms and native versions will not be made. Since it was originally designed for slow computers, a PPC OS can run it very fast (faster than needed, on a Pegasos, you wouldn't be able to say if it is native or not).

If you mean "OS4 version" in the sense of using it as an IDE for OS4, that is mostly beyond my control. If and when there is a redistributable OS4 SDK, I'll try to integrate it into the GoldED distribution. That means adding the OS material to syntax highlighting, function look-up etc. and integrating yet another gcc or two into the compiler folder. You could probably do that yourself if you own GoldED, just (a lot of) work, nothing beyond the configuration options in the software.

[Dietmar]

> Well I was thinking a version that was guarantee to work with OS4 and makes use of OS4 libraries like eg. Application and xml libs

Well, I can't 'guarantee' that it works but some OS4 beta testers have purchased it and no bug report related to OS4 has reached me since then. Unless they are all under NDA, it could be working. Since OS4 will be with users shortly and my sofwtare can be downloaded and tested (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more)... As to XML, I'm not going to use that internally, that makes no sense, for technical reasons. Application library: interesting. If it's possible to call PPC library functions through the JIT, why not. Generally speaking, I don't see much on the side of these new operating systems that affects my software.

[Dietmar]

If anybody else is interested in those two: MorphED is free software for the MorphOS SDK. It is not GoldED AIX but a specially compiled program for a gcc-based SDK. Technically speaking, it is the core editor of GoldED6 minus all add-ons, plus the gcc part of the GoldED Studio AIX C/C++ add-on, plus fixes to make it fully compatible with MorphOS and the SDK. It provides what is needed for development with gcc and MorphOS but doesn't go beyond that.

[Dietmar]

> Does it work under MOS?

Very well, very fast. MorphOS was a nice surprise for me, regarding performance and stability. Beyond integrating the MorphOS SDK, only optical changes had to be made. If you have true color images and color gradients everywere, existing software can look quite dated. This latest upgrade aims at that issue, too, reducing the visual disparity.