From:	"Michel Gallant" <mgallant AT stop DOT grassroots DOT junk DOT ns DOT ca>
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STEPHEN FURNISS wrote in message
<6vlicm$1be$1 AT newsreader2 DOT core DOT theplanet DOT net>...
>hello i wondered if anybody could help me,i have just obtained a copy
>of the "c" compiler "djgpp",i have unzipped all the files as per the
>instructions
>but i do not know which program to start that allows me to write a "c"
>program
>and which program to use to compile and run it.
>i am new to using this compiler so i would really appreciate some help
>in this matter.
>up to now i have tried to run the program "gcc",but all i get back is
>no input file,does this mean i am trying to compile a program before
>i have even written it ?.
>if this is so i need to now what application to start that allows me to
>write the program.
>
>thanks in advance
>steve furniss
>stephen AT 1074furn DOT karoo DOT co DOT uk
>
>


Yes, you are right about trying to compile a file before it was written.
You can use any standard text-editor to write the programs.  Notepad is
convenient because it's already there, but for better features get a special
"programmer's editor" which you can find at any good shareware site.

Michel Gallant
(remove 'stop' and 'junk' from my e-mail to mail me)

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