On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Daniel Fischer < daniel.is.fischer@googlemail.com> wrote:
On Saturday 26 March 2011 23:49:05, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
I have found pkg-config http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/ due to the sparse documentation though its not clear how to install or use it.
Don't know if that's any easier to install: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/dependencies/pkg- config_0.25-1_win32.zip
as linked by aditya siram in http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/beginners/2011-January/006204.html
Maybe I got the wrong idea of this but I thought Yi aim was becoming the default haskell editor, sort of like the idle of python.
That might be the aim, if it is, it's still not there. I don't see myself switching from kate/kwrite anytime soon, others swear by emacs or vi(m). Many use leksah or eclipseFP which seem to be decent IDEs.
If it isn't which is the best option for haskell,
Depends on what type of coder you are. Maybe you should take a look at leksah and eclipseFP if you're looking for something IDEish, or any text editor with decent syntax highliting might do.
if it is should it really be this hard to install?
Probably not. But Windows is different and most package authors have no access to a Windows box, so installing stuff on Windows is often a pain, unfortunately.
However, you'll probably need pkg-config also for some other packages, so it's worth some effort.
Sayth
First thanks for all the help. If there is no standard ide for haskell then I already use geany so I will use that and check out elipseFP as you suggested. Thanks Sayth