RHIDE (short for Robert's Hierarchical Integrated Development Environment) is a free integrated development environment (IDE) for programming in
C,
C++ and
Pascal under
DOS
DOS (, ) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. The DOS family primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a rebranded version, Microsoft's MS-DOS, both of which were introduced in 1981. Later compatible syste ...
and
Linux
Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...
.
It was developed in the 1990s by Robert Hoehne and is primarily intended to work with the
DJGPP compiler suite for DOS.
The environment is text-based and strongly resembles the interface of
Borland
Borland Software Corporation was a computing technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad, and Philippe Kahn. Its main business was developing and selling software development and software deployment products. B ...
IDEs such as
Turbo C++ 3.1. RHIDE uses the
SETEDIT
SETEDIT is a computer software text editor that is an open source, multi-platform clone of the editor of Borland's Turbo* IDEs, with several improvements. According to the project page, it was started in 1996.
It is not vi or emacs, but may be fam ...
text editor and the
Turbo Vision user interface library.
Features
* Support for C, C++, and Pascal programming;
* Integration with the DJGPP port of the
GCC compiler;
* Built-in debugger;
* Syntax highlighting;
* Configurable user interface and build options;
* Interface modeled after Borland's Turbo Vision system.
Technical details
RHIDE is built on top of the
SETEDIT
SETEDIT is a computer software text editor that is an open source, multi-platform clone of the editor of Borland's Turbo* IDEs, with several improvements. According to the project page, it was started in 1996.
It is not vi or emacs, but may be fam ...
editor and works primarily in a text-mode interface. It is designed for use on IBM PC-compatible systems and supports both DOS (via DJGPP) and Linux environments.
Status
Development of RHIDE has been inactive since the early 2000s, but the environment remains popular among enthusiasts of retro software development, particularly for DOS applications.
See also
*
DJGPP
*
SETEDIT
SETEDIT is a computer software text editor that is an open source, multi-platform clone of the editor of Borland's Turbo* IDEs, with several improvements. According to the project page, it was started in 1996.
It is not vi or emacs, but may be fam ...
*
Turbo C++
*
Free Pascal
Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) is a compiler for the closely related programming-language dialects Pascal and Object Pascal. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License, witexception clausesthat allow static linking against it ...
References
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External links
RHIDE on Free Software DirectoryRHIDE source code on GitHub
Integrated development environments
Free software
Free integrated development environments
DOS software
Free Pascal
Software using Turbo Vision