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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:59:53 +0200
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199909271259.OAA21717@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: INFO usage in README.1ST
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 990923105318 DOT 10652I-100000 AT is> you wrote:

> On 22 Sep 1999, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> > One of the first things to learn: don't "hit info.exe"
> > in Windoze's 'Explorer'. Start a DOS box

> I don't understand why is this necessary.  On my Windows system, I can
> launch Info from the DOS prompt, from the Explorer, from the START/RUN
> dialog, or any other weird way Windows allows to run programs, and it
> always works for me.

> What am I missing?

Nothing. It's just that the original poster obviously didn't know a
bit about command lines usage, at all. So I wrote this to explicitly
break his current habit of thinking only in terms of 'click on
something' when programs are to be started. He'll need that knowledge
soon enough, to work with DJGPP.

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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