From:	"Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Ambitious suggestion for a DJGPP add-on
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Damian Yerrick <web DOT poison AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com> wrote in message
news:L3xP3.1234$zO DOT 44147 AT dfiatx1-snr1 DOT gtei DOT net...

>Active Zip Picker: a program made with RSXNTDJ
>that lets the user choose the most common setup
>(C/C++, Allegro, and RHIDE on Windows 95/98)
>or walks the user through a set of dialog boxes
>similar to the Zip Picker. It then checks for the
>latest versions

Similar installation programs have been suggested before. The thing is, if
someone can't handle the simplicity of the DJGPP installation and simple DOS
commands and configuration, then they probably have a long way to go before they
should program with DJGPP (or indeed, program in general).

> Advantages:
> No WinZip problems.

There are no problems with unzipping DJGPP packages in Winzip as long long as
the "Use Folder Names" box is checked in the Extract dialog.

> No missing files.

The files won't be missing if the user downloads everything the online zip
picker tells it.

> Environment is set correctly.

This is only two lines in the autoexec.bat for goodness sake.

> No more -lstdcx bug.

This is fixed in the latest RHIDE.

I don't see advantages to a program like this, but this is only my opinion.

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Johan Venter
ICQ 3643877 - jventer AT writeme DOT com
The TPU DJGPP Interest Group - http://surf.to/djgppig
The RSXNTDJ 1.5 HOWTO - http://surf.to/rsxntdj

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