I could only get the compiler to work by putting it on the path
And what path
exactly did you put in the master path?
Is it possible to have more than one compiler? For example, more than one gcc compiler
Go to "Settings/Configure plugins/Compiler" and press the "Copy" button just under the compiler selection.
And how about populating the program files automatically for a gcc target?
Why do that automatically? The compiler configuration process, is a process that takes a couple of minutes and takes place only once, usually. Plus, the naming scheme
is not the same under other platforms...
And what does 'auto detect' do?
It
tries to auto-detect the compiler path. It may fail...
For mingw gcc, it looks for mingw.ini in windows dir. There is a mingw-installation bug with this, mentioned in
this thread.
For MSVC toolkit, it checks the registry.
Generally, for each compiler, it uses a method appropriate for it.
Yiannis.