Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/09/28/17:15:52
Test User wrote:
>
> In article <3603067E DOT D62A487 AT cartsys DOT com>, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> >ElvenForst wrote:
>
> >Sure; a source is a source. You'll have to write it portably enough, of
> >course, but DJGPP is Unix-like enough that few things will need to
> >change. Other than that, a pass through `utod', at most. You can even
> >cross-compile your DOS exe's from Linux!
>
> That isn't necessary with DJGPP. In fact, many of the tools commonly
> used with DJGPP (some versions of RHIDE, for example) save their
> text files in the UNIX format. GCC will compile UNIX text files just
> fine with no conversion.
Hence the qualifier, "at most". You are right with respect to GCC and
most other DJGPP tools, but some editors and non-DJGPP tools which are
nonetheless useful don't like Unixy linebreaks. I concede the point,
however.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com
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