MinGW Developer Studio
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Copyright (C) 2002-2004 by Parinya Thipchart
Homepage: http://www.parinya.ca/
E-mail: parinya@parinya.ca

What is MinGW Developer Studio?
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MinGW Developer Studio is a Cross-Platform C/C++ Integrated Development Environment(IDE) 
for GNU GCC compiler system. Currently it supports Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.

it offers many powerful features for C/C++ programmers.

* Multiple document interface(MDI)

* Syntax highlighting for C/C++.

* Automatic and smart indentation.

* Code Folding.

* Project management.

* Help integration.

* Find and replace facilities.

* Debugging(using GNU gdb)

* Code calltip.

* GNU makefile generation.

System Requirement
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- Windows version

* Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP or higher.
* MinGW 1.1 or higher(Optional if you got the full version of MinGW Developer Studio)

- Linux version

* Glibc 2.2.5 or higher.
* GTK+ 1.2.x.
* GNU gdb 5.21 or higher.(Optional if you don't use its debugging features)

- FreeBSD version

* FreeBSD 4.x or higher.
* GTK+ 1.2.x.
* GNU gdb 5.21 or higher.(Optional if you don't use its debugging features)

Installation
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- Windows version

* Setup MinGW Developer Studio
If you got a self-extracting setup file , just run the executable. 
If you got a zip file , extract it to a directory (like c:\MinGWStudio)

* Tell MinGW Developer Studio where your MinGW compiler is.
If you got the full version(Integrated MinGW compiler) you can skip this step.

- Run MinGW Developer Studio.
- Go to menu "Edit" and select "Options"
- Select "Compiler" tab and enter or browse your MinGW directory.
(This directory is MinGW root directory not MinGW bin directory 
like c:\MinGW not c:\MinGW\bin)

Note that if you got a full version and you have installed MinGW Developer Studio before
you may have to tell MinGW Developer Studio for your new MinGW path
if you would like to use MinGW Compiler that comes with MinGW Developer Studio.


- Linux & FreeBSD version

* Unpack the package mingw-devstudio_OS-yyy.tar.gz in a location that you would like to keep MinGW Studio.
* OS is linux or freebsd yyy is MinGW Developer Studio version.

Remove
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- Windows version

* Installer version.

Run 'Uninstall' on the MinGW Developer Studio Start Menu folder or open 'Add/Remove 
Programs' in Control Panel and double-click 'MinGW Developer Studio' in the list 
box.

* Zip version.

Just delete a folder of MinGW Developer Studio.

- Linux & FreeBSD version

Just delete the folder that contains MinGW Studio.

Feedback
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For feedback, questions, bugs report and any comments:
- E-mail    parinya@parinya.ca
- Homepage  http://www.parinya.ca/
- Forum     http://www.parinya.ca/forums
- Mailing list	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mingw-devstudio/

