Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/10/24/10:27:18
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote:
> > - it must be able to run with no DPMI server installed (otherwise it's
> > a chicken-and-egg problem, since CWSDPMI is distributed in a zip
> file).
>
> Enclose CWSDPMI in djinst1b.zip
> Or build it with MS Visual C++
A much better solution is to bind with PMODE/DJ, as Laurynas pointed
out.
> > - it must detect and cope with a case of insufficient environment space
> > (after you add the DJGPP variable and enlarge PATH).
>
> Ask the user if s/he wants the environment enlarged in
> the SHELL= line in config.sys.
The main problem is how do you *detect* the insufficient environment
in the first place. (That's the _parent_ environment, mind you;
programs don't have a good way of reaching the parent environment.)
In addition, most CONFIG.SYS files don't even have the SHELL= line.
If you create one, you need to know what the user's shell is, which is
also non-trivial.
> > DJGPP v2.03 already includes the required
> > entries in stock DJGPP.ENV.
>
> And is it officially out yet?
No. But it certainly *will* be before the project you are
suggesting. (At least I hope so. ;-)
> Start menu items *are* shortcuts.
I know. Your wording was confusing, that's all. Most people don't
refer to the Start menu as shortcuts, they reserve shortcuts for
something else.
> > Why not arrange a shortcut for DJGPP?
>
> Shortcut to which EXE?
COMMAND.COM, of course. What I meant was to set up a DOS box where
all the environment variables are set as DJGPP requires. That would
prevent the need to mess with AUTOEXEC.BAT, except on plain DOS
installations.
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