On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Stephen Gregory wrote: > Along with eclipse there is also the QT sdk. The developers I work > with prefer it over eclipse. > > http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/ > > One nice advantage with the QT sdk is that your can progress from > straight C++ to programming a fully cross-platform GUI. hmmmmm ... as long as that runs equally well under linux and windows, that sounds like the choice for now. any restrictions you know of on the underlying compiler? i don't have a windows system in front of me right now, but i can at least test the linux part this aft. thanks. rday