I've installed mono on windows xp and used it with F# and haven't seen any problems but then its not something I use regualarly, so there maybe issues I'm not aware of.

However you don't actually need to install visual studio, or mono, with F# on windows, all that is need is that the .NET framework is installed, and windows vista comes with .NET framework 2.0 and 3.0 pre-installed. Most of the samples that come with the compiler with batch files that will come compile them without visual studio and you can just edit the source itself in your favourite text editor. If you are going to do any serious development you may want to consider downloading the .NET framework SDKs, which contain more command line tools and a graphical debugger:
[link:www.microsoft.com]
[link:www.microsoft.com]

Thanks,
Rob

By on 10/8/2007 9:56 PM ()

Hi again,

I looked as youadvised on the .NET framework SDK but I could not use it as an

IDE. So please reply is it usable as an IDE.

Do you know about some kind of a plugin for text editors (such Notepad++).

Thanks again,

Asher

PS

I do find that a free IDE (even as Visual express edition) is necessary to

spread the language around.

By on 10/10/2007 6:54 AM ()

The .NET framework SDK is a collection of command line tools, it is not an IDE. It also inculdes a garphical debugger which can be used with F#, but you can only use it to debug code and not develop with it, so its not an IDE. It's normally found under: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\SDK\v2.0\GuiDebug\DbgCLR.exe

The choice of free IDE are a bit limited. I have been working on a plugin for #Develop, but have fallen a bit behind in this:
[link:strangelights.com]

Mono Develop is a similar project which I believe has some limited F# support, but I've not tested it.

There's text coloring for TextPad, but again, this is a bit out of date:
[link:strangelights.com]

Apart from that you can use the OCaml mode for emacs and Crimson Editor has support for ocaml colouring too.

I know all of these free options are far from perfect but people can and do develop software using them. I agree that a visual studio express for F# would be highly desirable, I can't comment on whether the F# team will do this, but I sincerely hope they do.

Cheers,
Rob

By on 10/10/2007 7:35 AM ()

Nice project idea Rob :-)

Notepad++ is another text editor (free) that has some nice support for OCaml.

By on 10/10/2007 12:18 PM ()
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