From:	"W. L. Estes" <wlestes AT hamlet DOT uncg DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	helping newcomers
Date:	Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:54:15 -0500
Organization:	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Don't know if this has been said, but

one thing that might help newcomers to djgpp is a "getting started"
reading list. That is, say, in the FAQ, maybe there could be a section
that suggests a few places in the info documentation that people new to
UNIXlike environments could profitably spend some time. maybe some tips on
how to do this well, e.g. you dont have to read _all_ the info on make,
just enough to see how to write a simple makefile and what some of the
less obscure options do.

I just wanted a C/C++ compiler that wasnt gonna cost me money i dint have
and that had some documentation. so, i got that with djgpp, but this
semester working with classmates on a class project, i had to learn enough
about unix to get around. Then, having to commute between computers,
(SUNOS at school and djgpp at home), i had to know something about both
environments. a doable thing, but it could have been easier. (some of that
is just dos/unix problems which i know wont go away, but some of that
might have been easier had i known what to look for.)
Take care,
--w

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