[sdiy] Is it just me or does MPLAB really suck??

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 1 Jan 2009, at 01:11, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> elektrodwarf at yahoo.se wrote:
>> Hi list, i'm trying to program some PICs here but MPLAB seems to
>> bug out on me *all* the time so it's impossible to do anything
>> intelligent. It being incredibly slow aside, it's also stopping
>> at points where i *don't* have breakpoints and instead not
>> stopping where i want to (hardware debuggin using ICD2).. anyone
>> else experiencing this? What should i do, change environment and
>> language? I'm using MPLAB with MCC18 because it's the only free C
>> w. ide for PIC that i know of... got no money so don't even
>> suggest buying something :)
>>
>> Karl
>
> I'm using MPLAB for several projects - not having any compile problems
> at all.  I'm using a Win98SE box, two different PICs.
>
> I am using assembly language...
>
> -- ScottG

Likewise, using MPLAB fine here on a basic PC and with various PICs  
and dsPICs, but I'm using assembly. It has one or two quirks (I have  
to make sure I've got the programmer plugged in *before* I start  
MPLAB or the software doesn't recognize it) but nothing serious.
Sorry, I've not tried using C with it.

T.