From:	Paul Harness <gapa83 AT udcf DOT gla DOT ac DOT uk>
Subject:	DJGPP docs, summary
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
Date:	Fri, 25 Feb 1994 11:12:00 +0000 (GMT)

There have been a number of questions regarding DJGPP documentation and
some people seem to be confusing the issue. Here I attempt to clarify
the situation:-

1). If you want a printed manual, the best way is to get some form of
TeX and generate it yourself. For MSDOS, I recommend emTeX which can be
obtained by ftp from:

    ftp.tex.ac.uk/pub/archive/systems/msdos/emtex

or  wuarchive.wustl.edu/packages/TeX/systems/msdos/emtex

or  many other sites (try archie)

After TeX-ing the .tex files you will get a .dvi file. emTeX provides a
number of dvidrv drivers to preview the .dvi file on the screen
(dviscr.exe) or print them out (eg dvilql.exe - epson LQ). If you want
to produce postscript output, get dvips.exe (this is available at most
TeX sites). 

Also, TeX and LaTeX are very powerful and well worth learning just for
the hell of it.

2). If you can't be bothered to get TeX, then you can download postscript
forms of SOME of the documentation directly from:

    omnigate.clarkson.edu/pub/msdos/djgpp/pub

in the files:

    gcc257ps.zip (cpp.ps, gcc.ps)
    gpp257ps.zip (libgplus.ps, iostream.ps, gplusint.ps)
    djdocps.zip  (libcref.ps)

It would be useful if someone could upload the rest of the docs in
postscript form (eg gnumake, gas etc). 

The postscript files can then be printed either directly or via
ghostview. Ghostview can be found on simtel20 in the directory postscrp.
With ghostview, you can print ANY number of pages you like to most
printers. You shouldn't need any other utilities.

There is a potential problem with the postscript files in that the way
they were generated might not suit you. For example the C++ docs that I
generated were formatted for A4 paper. However, the other docs,
generated by Jon Nash on the other side of the Atlantic, will (I
presume) be formatted for US letter paper.

I hope this concludes the discussion on documentation.

-- 
Paul Harness,                        |  Internet: gapa83 AT udcf DOT gla DOT ac DOT uk
Department of Physics and Astronomy, |
University of Glasgow,               |  Tel +44-41-339-8855 ext 8359
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