Run C++ within notepad++

kenn_ug

kindly help me out. am trying but can’t figure it out

PeterJones

@kenn_ug said in Run C++ within notepad++:

kindly help me out. am trying but can’t figure it out

How would you do it from the command-line, without Notepad++? Ie, how would you compile the program if you used some other text editor for the source code, or had just downloaded it?

This is not a compiler forum, or a programming forum. If you tell us how you would compile and run the program without Notepad++, we can help you translate that into how to do it inside Notepad++. But without that, you’re asking us why you cannot bake your cookies.

Michael Vincent

@kenn_ug said in Run C++ within notepad++:

npp_save
cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
C:\MinGW\bin\g++
cmd /c “$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) \a.exe”

Seems like you may just be missing the file to compile:

npp_save
cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
C:\MinGW\bin\g++ "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
cmd /c “$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) \a.exe”

mashrafi dipto

@kenn_ug you can use this
npp_save
cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
C:\MinGW\bin\g++ “$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)” -g -o “$(name_part)”
cmd /c $(name_part)

william busigo

g++: error: no such file or directory
‘new’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Exit code 1

PeterJones

@william-busigo ,

you have to give the file a name and save it somewhere valid.

william busigo

where is somewhere valid?

PeterJones

@william-busigo ,

where is somewhere valid?

Onto your filesystem (HDD/SSD, like the c: drive or d: drive, or onto a USB stick, or wherever).

My point was that the g++ error message seemed to say that it couldn’t find the file new. That tells me two things:

First, because it says new, I am assuming that it’s actually new 1 or similar, which is what Notepad++ calls tabs that haven’t ever been saved, anywhere. You have to save the file (presumably to something.cpp or similar) before you can run it through a compiler.

Second, because the error message says new rather than new 1, I am assuming you don’t actually have the script(s) mentioned above, because you probably don’t have the quotes around the name variables like @Michael-Vincent and @mashrafi-dipto showed above.

So make sure you save the file, and give it a meaningful name. Then show us the NppExec script that you are actually running – when you paste it into the forum, make sure to highlight the whole script and hit the </> button, so that it will be surrounded in ``` characters on a line before and after your script in the edit window, and the PREVIEW window will show it in a black box, like @Michael-Vincent’s example above

william busigo

#include namespace std;
int main()
(
cout << “Welcome to GFG”;

return 0;

}

This file is saved in my Documents Folder with the .cpp extension but when I hit the run button a window opens and tells me to choose “The Program to Run” with a run, save or cancel option instead of just running the program.

PeterJones

@william-busigo ,

This discussion was relying on the fact that everyone involved had the NppExec plugin installed. Everything that has been said in this discussion assumed that as a given.

I think before asking any more questions, you need to read and understand our FAQ on “how do I use Notepad++ to compile my source code”.