Which Xcode?

[Michael Crawford]

Apple has not documented any way to plug in compilers other than those
that come with Xcode.  That doesn't mean that one cannot do so, just
that Apple won't tell you how.

However - while it would be some work - you could write an external
"compiler" that plugs into CodeWarrior.  That would just be a wrapper
around the clang command-line tool, as well as the various
configuration dialogs.

The current FreeScale CodeWarrior only runs on Windows, I think, but
you could write a clang plugin for CodeWarrior 8 or 9.

Am I correct that CodeWarrior Pro 9 for OS X was free as in beer?

I have CodeWarrior Pro 8 for both Windows and Mac.  It's quite nice.
Michael David Crawford
mdcrawford at gmail.com
http://www.warplife.com/mdc/

   Available for Software Development in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:51 AM, René JV Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder to what extent Xcode 3.2.6 can be configured to use new clang and the latest SDKs. That's an IDE concept I still prefer: individual editor windows, a separate project window etc. I really don't get that fashion of monolithic interfaces that block everything behind them and make it complicated to do copy/pasting among documents.
>
> R
>
> On 23 Nov 2014, at 09:44, Michael Crawford <mdcrawford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Xcode doesn't really do anything that you couldn't do with clang,
>> llvm, gnu make and your choice of text editor.
>>
>> The best I've ever been able to say about Xcode is that I found it
>> barely tolerable, now I regard using it as just like pounding nails
>> with my fists.
>>
>> This is not at all to say I don't like Integrated Development
>> Environments.  I like them just fine - ThinkC, Symantec C and
>> Metrowerks CodeWarrior all suited me just fine.  It's that I regard
>> Xcode as quite poorly designed.
>>
>> While I haven't actually done so yet, sometime soon I'm going to write
>> a Makefile to build my iPhone App Warp Life
>> (http://www.warplife.com/life/).  I'm planning to release the source
>> as Free Software.  That source release isn't going to come with an
>> Xcode project, because I have grown so weary of new versions of Xcode
>> breaking stuff that used to work well.
>> Michael David Crawford
>> mdcrawford at gmail.com
>> http://www.warplife.com/mdc/
>>
>>   Available for Software Development in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan
>> Area.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:23 PM, René JV Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> If you have concerns about problems in Xcode 6.1, could you be more specific?
>>>
>>> I suppose he may be referring to the reviews on the Store (I checked several national stores, the reviews all agree that this version is buggy and crashy)
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