Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/01/23/11:30:35
> incidentally, my thanks go to rainer schnitker who put together the
> rsxntdj package. i would like to point out that contrary to what i have
> been seeing in this group lately, i thought the installation was a
> breeze. it took less than 10 seconds after unzipping and reading the
I wouldn't say it was a 'breeze', and i think for less experienced people
(unlike yourself of course) wouldn't complete the installation in 10 secs,
which is a tad unrealistic in both senses :).
Speaking on a personal opinion i didn't get much programming done with
rsxntdj, but i wasn't to happy with the changes to make itself which caused
me a problem when it came to compiling allegro 3.0, but maybe i brought
this on myself due to the fact that i neglected to make backups. On a much
lighter note when modifying the correct files i found it difficult to
actually remember the name rsxntdj, hard name to remember i think ;). I
have to agree the docs did tell you everything you needed to install the
package, further advice in the docs could, however, be debatable.
Regards...
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A. Sinan Unur <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu> wrote in article
<34C894C6 DOT 21422394 AT cornell DOT edu>...
> S. M. Halloran wrote:
> >
> > A message from another list. I would like to know if someone on
> > THIS list has the answer to this question myself.
> >
> > ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 19:37:50 -0500
> > From: TheTool <thetool AT INAME DOT COM>
> > Subject: CGI Programming
> > To: CLANGSRV AT asu DOT edu
> > Reply-to: TheTool <thetool AT INAME DOT COM>
> >
> > How do I start programming in CGI? I want to write my own CGI
> > scripts, but a friend has told me that, since I run Win95, I cannot.
> > Is this true?
> >
> > If it is possible to Program CGI scripts in Win95, HOW? What program
> > do I need?
>
> you start programming in CGI by reading one of the many on-line manuals
> available and installing a web server that supports standard CGI on your
> computer. that way you can compile and test without necessarily being
> connected. try to get a server that supports a debug option for CGI
> scripts which captures the input, output and errors generated by your
> CGI script with windows web servers, one can also use winCGI (again, do
> a web search) which makes use of stock windows ini file functions to
> make the programming somewhat more straightforward (that said, there are
> great libraries for CGI programming on the net.)it also means that your
> scripts can be Win32 console apps which (i think)require fewer resources
> to spawn. it has the added advantage that your cgi script can start life
> as an, say, excel document.
>
> i wrote 3-4 CGI scripts with DJGPP, DJGPP+RSXNTDJ, and MSVC 4.2. that
> is, i would write the standard script in djgpp, convert it to winCGI
> using DJGPP+RSXNTDJ and then test using both that and the MSVC version.
> i am not very proud of the scripts, but they worked.
>
> incidentally, my thanks go to rainer schnitker who put together the
> rsxntdj package. i would like to point out that contrary to what i have
> been seeing in this group lately, i thought the installation was a
> breeze. it took less than 10 seconds after unzipping and reading the
> appropriate instructions in the help file. so, please read the docs.
>
> finally, for a selection of web servers, try any tucows mirror. there
> are several that are freeware, and there is one that i know of with a
> GNU license at http://www.wpi.edu/~zik/fnord/ and there is some
> information to get you started at
> http://www.wpi.edu/~zik/fnord/doc/cgi.html
>
> i think my favorite server is sambar at http://www.sambar.com/. that web
> site is loaded with documentation.
>
> hth.
> --
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> A. Sinan Unur
> Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology,
> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
>
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