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[lordSauron]

As a Linux Veteran, I have to say it would be relatively simple to get JCreator working natively in Linux.

I'm assuming that JCreator was created using Visual C++ 2005 with .NET 2.0.  Just recompile it using DotGNU or Mono (.NET for Linux) and you're done.  You might consider using MinGW to get the whole project over to Open Source compilers.  If you do that, then you could do a simple recompile so it'd work on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and OS X.  Why?  DotGNU/Mono is cross-platform.  It works on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and OS X.

In addition to that, you could leverage advanced scripts which would allow you to remotely build the project whenever a new version is checked into version control and put it on the local LAN/WAN/WLAN for testing.  No human required.

Oh, and the whole setup is free:

• Bloodshed.net's Dev C++: $0
• GNU Compiler Collection v4: $0
• DotGNU/Mono: $0/$0
• Quadrupling your list of supported platforms: Priceless

There are some things money can't buy.  For everything else, there's FLOSS.

Note that none of this would necessitate making JCreator Open Source.  It could remain closed-source and maintain total legality.  The GPL will NOT kill you.  Proof?  OS X is built using GCC.  You have to pay for OS X.

[E-E-R]

I'm assuming that JCreator was created using Visual C++ 2005 with .NET 2.0.  Just recompile it using DotGNU or Mono (.NET for Linux) and you're done.  You might consider using MinGW to get the whole project over to Open Source compilers.  If you do that, then you could do a simple recompile so it'd work on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and OS X.  Why?  DotGNU/Mono is cross-platform.  It works on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and OS X.

I highly doubt there is any .Net code in JCreator, as it is not a system requirement.

If you really want to run JCreator on Linux and are a C++ veteran, help the WINE project by implementing the troubling functions :)

[peter_budo]

Would be lovely to get JCreator on Unix.

I just do not like to use NetBeans/Eclipse/IntelliJ

[lordSauron]

I highly doubt there is any .Net code in JCreator, as it is not a system requirement.

If you really want to run JCreator on Linux and are a C++ veteran, help the WINE project by implementing the troubling functions :)

JCreator isn't ugly enough to be MFC, so I thought it was .NET.  MSDN gives me migraines, so I don't really know for sure, I'm just guessing.

Don't get me wrong, I like WINE and use it a lot, but it'd be more valuable to Xinox to port JCreator to a more cross-platform implementation such as wxWidgets.  The C++ counterpart of JCreator (Dev C++) is built using wxWidgets and was very successful until the core developer apparently died (not a peep outta him for a few years now... quite troubling).  While the change to wxWidgets would make the OS integration less complete, it would allow for JCreator to be used on almost any platform.  It would take significant hard coding and elbow grease to make the change, however, so it'd probably have to be a community effort of some people who'd donate time to Xinox (because I don't think Xinox wants to open source JCreator, which is a big step and I would hate to force that on someone unwilling.)

[dasalas]

Please... Please make a version for Linux... we need it!!!!!!!