>> What is it that you find to be a problem [with MPLABX]? > It is large (as in very bloated) and slow. Sigh. Atmel Studio is actually somewhat worse, at least in the =93boated= =94 department, and particularly annoying because a lot of that bloat is = =93Microsoft XX runtime for Visual Studio=94 that apparently wants to be sc= attered across your disk in particular places that can=92t be changed. I= =92m not sure about speed; AS has horrible startup time on my VM, but seems= to run OK. I don=92t use either one much; preferring emacs, makefiles, an= d command-line compilers. BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .