Personally, I use CodeBlocks. What kind of troubles is Dev-C++ giving you?
Most developers just use any old IDE or even Notepad to maintain the source and just use bash in Cygwin to compile. I found it easier for myself to use CodeBlocks (setup using Cygwin's compilers). That way I can use bash when I need to, and CodeBlocks when I want to. Not sure if Dev-C++ can do this, but CodeBlocks has a menu of tools that you can add to - Just setup BootDreams to open with a folder passed as an argument and add Makaron as well. It takes less than a minute to test DC stuff out this way.
It you're fairly new to coding, try out the CodeBlocks installer I made. You don't need the Dev ISO installed because it includes the Dreamcast compiler. Just install CodeBlocks 8.02 (http://www.codeblocks.org) and install the Dreamcast installer on top of it (http://dcemulation.org/?title=CodeBlocks_DC_Dev).
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