From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Q: DJGPP ide Install problems winth NT4
Date:	Mon, 07 Jul 1997 14:09:39 -0400
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Lahaye Olivier wrote:

> I have installed DJGPP, successfully (apparently).
> I saw that there are project managers for DJGPP.
> Unfortunately, I have lots of problem with them.
> 
> 1st: what is the difference between rhide.exe and 
>      rsxntdj/bin/rsxide.exe ?
>      which one should I use?
>      (Our fist project is to port an unix ".so" lib to a Win32
>      ".dll" file)

rhide is a specifically written Borland look a-like IDE for djgpp. it is
a dos program. i have tried to use rsxide but my IQ wasn't enough to
actually make it work.

> 
> 2nd: what is the difference between
>      rsxdj131.zip B  2,253,051 970502 RSX/NT 1.3.1 for DJGPP
>      rsxntdj1.zip B    887,039 960721 RSX/NT for DJGPP

the former is the most up-to-date and easier to install version. i had
never been able to successfully compile anything using rsxntdj1 ... with
rsxdj131 i had no problems. one thing to watch out ... rsxdj docs
recommend you replace your ld.exe with a patched one. that is so you can
compile code that depends on dlls. that ld.exe will not warn you about
undefined references. (although, i would think there should be a coomand
line option for that.)

> 3rd: When I unsip rsxdj131.zip, I have a problem in rsxide.exe. When
>      clicking make, I have the error: "Error = 2|" "compile: cannot 
>      create process"

is this on nt or win 95 or win 3.x. the rsxdj package will not work very
well, if at all, with win 3.x. it allows you to create only 32 bit
windows executables, no 16 bit. i am presuming you get the error on w
win 3.x + win32s platform. that will lnot work because win32s does not
provide the same threading capabilities as win32.

> 4th: What is the difference between DJGPP/v2gnu/em1934*.zip and ntemacs?

never used ntemacs ... the former is a text-mode dos program. maybe
ntemacs is a GUI program? dunno.
> 
> 5th: in rsxide.ini; what are the dde lines for FileOpen= / Goto= / 
> MarkLine= needed to use ntemacs (or em1934*.zip)?
> 
> 6th: rhide.exe (rhide13b.zip) crashes when started from the explorer.
>      Is it due to the lack of the %DJENV% variable?
>      (I can't see the error as the DOS shell closes itself 
>      immediately. The only thing I can sometime see is 1 or two words 
       in the upper left corner and an hex digit)

in explorer, right-click on rhide.exe and edit the properties. then post
the error message. by the way, the environment variable is DJGPP. 
 
> 7th: where could I find a HOWTO-dll for djgpp?

i don't think it exists. would be a great contribution.
 
> 8th: Is there a more complete rsxide doc than online one?

dunno. i am too stupid for that program.

	-- Sinan

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