Using MinGW with SciTE On a USB Stick

OS： Windows XP
Required Space： Less than 70 MB
Packages：

1. SciTE ( http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTEDownload.html )
2. MinGW packages ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/ )

• binutils
• gcc-core
• gcc-g++ ( optional in "MinGW GettingStart section" ?)
• mingw-runtime
• w32api
• mingw-32 make ( optional )
• mingw-utils ( optional )

Step 1 - Install MinGW on the USB Stick

1. Create a directory for install (ex. MinGW )
2. Extract All the MinGW packages into the directory (there is some strange instructions about " info/dir " in the Install MinGW page , but I ignore them , and still works fine )

Step 2 - Set Up SciTE properties

1. Extract " SciTE.properties " from the full download version to the directory which stores source codes ( this properties will only take effect per directory, please refer to the comment inside )
2. append following two lines to the SciTE.properties

command.compile.*.c=../PortableApps/MinGw/bin/gcc -o $(FileName).exe $(FileName).c -std=c99
command.go.*.c=./$(FileName).exe

" ../PortableApps/MinGw/ " is the directory where I install MinGW , as the graphic shown below,remember to change it according to your own condition



Final Step - Start Programming

1. Use SciTE to open your source code , press Ctrl+F7 to compile (Or select it from Tools)
2. Bang !! Now you can start programming on most computers :)

Reference：
Installing MinGW - manually
http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/Install%20MinGW
SciTE Documentation - properties file
http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTEDoc.html