Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/12/08/01:19:15
pachy2 AT pionet DOT net wrote:
> I'm working strictly in DOS 6.22 I have win311 on my computer and
> some widows drivers install at bootup, but I'm not using the windows
> dos box
>
> If I use rhide to write a program from scratch and compile and get an
> error message;
>
> #1 I cannot get the cursor back into the editing window (I've tried
> all the menu options and function keys.)
>
> #2 I saved and exited. Returning to rhide and pulling up my file,
> all that's there is a blank page. It's either not saving or deleting
> saved files.
>
> I don't type strictly hunt peck and backspace and after writing two
> pages in rhide, pressing F2 at the end of every sentence and then
> having the file vanish, I was a bit torked. I like the color scheme
> for expected expressions etc, but not the file loss for a syntax
> error.
>
> Can anyone give me a clue?
I think you saved the file in another directory and then tried to load it.
Make a search in your hard disk, RHIDE doesn't delete the files.
> Do you think emacs might work better? I installed it but haven't been
> able to gain access to it. I only installed the emacs files once,
> with no error messages.
>
> One more question. Would someone look at C:\djgpp\bin\ and tell me
> if there is supposed to be a file g++.exe at that location. I got an
> error message from pkunzip -d that it could't create that file.
> Thinking my copy of the gccp archive was bad I downloaded a new one.
> It was larger than the first one by 10k or so. I got no error message
> that time, but no g++.exe file in the bin directory either.
One release shipped a g++.exe for W95 users. It was removed to avoid
questions like yours.
> Oh also, I had to install most files at least three times to get it
> working to start with.
Why?!! does your system work normally?
> It may be my system (Packard Bell 486sx50 24megs ram, 408m hdd
> Phoenix A86 1.01E bios, Cirrus Logic 5424 video with new ver 1.5
> drivers.) is just not compatible or at least that's what I'm
> beginning to think. I can, however work the small c compiler from the
> dos command line, if I build with dos editor or Bingo(A shareware
> editor) I'm just getting started with c so don't know if C++ works
> from the dos prompt or not.
>
> For now don't email as our server is down, a not unusal condition. I
> do have a web account at netscape though
>
> rexcoffee AT netscape DOT com
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