Interface of turbo C Editor

Interface of Turbo C Editor

File the menu contains group of commands used for saving program, opening existing program, printing source code of grogram exiting from turbo c editor etc.

Edit This menu contains group of commands used for editing c program source code. The important editing commands are; Copy, Cut, Past, Undo etc.

Search This many contains group of commands used for searching specific word as well as replacing it with another one.

Run This menu contains group of commands used for running c program.

Compile This menu contains group of commands used for compiling c program.

Debug This menu contains group of commands used for debugging C program.

Project This menu contains group of commands used for opening, closing and creating projects.

Options This menu contains group of commands used for configuring IDE of turbo C and setting up directories etc.

Windows This many contains group of commands used for opening, closing various windows of IDE.

Help   This menu is used to get help about specific of C-language you can also get help by pressing F1 key. Similarly to get help about a specific keyword or identifier of C, type a word, keep cursor on the word and press keyboard shortcut ctrl+F1.

Installing Turbo C

The installing process of turbo c is very easy. It provides “install” program used to install the turbo c Compiler. Simply, run the install program and follow the instructions such as; select the directory name and path where you want to install the system. By default, directory name is TC on the root of drive C.

Setting up Directors

By default the source files, object files and executable files are stored in the current directory. You can set specific directory paths to store source files and output file

To set the directory path, follow these steps:

Select “directories” from “option” menu of turbo C editor. A window will appear as shown in figure blow

Set the path for header files in the “include directories” fields such as “c:\tc\include”.

Set the path for library files in the “library Directories” field such as “c:\tc\lib”.

In “output Directory”, the C-compiler stores the object files and linker stores the “exe” files. Set the path for output files.

In “source Directors”, the source files are stored. Set the path for source files.

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