From:	"Omar Morales" <omar DOT morales AT computer DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP and WindowsXP
Date:	Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:48:00 +0100
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Hans,

many thanks for the hints.

"Hans-Bernhard Broeker" <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> ha scritto nel
messaggio news:b3ndfi$a26$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE...
> Omar Morales <omar DOT morales AT computer DOT org> wrote:
>
> > Does anybody knows how to make DJGPP run succesfully in a Windows XP
Home
> > DOS shell, for a non "system administrator" account?
>
> This consists of two largely separate issues:
>
> 1) DOS support on XP is subtly broken in many "interesting" ways, for
which
>    you need an updated version of DJGPP to take care of.  Search this
>    newsgroup and you'll find lots of references to that.

I'am working with an updated version of DJGPP.


> 2) Setting up DJGPP as non-admin on an NT-style box means you have to
>    avoid any changes to the master environment.  That still leaves two
>    choices:
>
>    * Change the individiual user's private environment variables instead.
>      On XP, you would to to Control Panel --> System --> Extended and
>      select "Environment".  Add the environment variables in the upper
>      pane, which shows the "user environment".  The drawback: the change
>      is global to all programs run by that user --- some may not like the
>      PATH change, esp. other compilers installed on the same machine will
>      become confused.

I've tried this way before asking for help.

>
>    * Put the two relevant 'set' commands into a batch file, let's call it
>      "setvars.bat", and create a desktop link with the commandline
>
> %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /k c:\djgpp\setvars.bat
>
>      Whenever you want to work with DJGPP, open this link and it'll create
>      a command line shell set up for it.  It's a good idea to give this
>      link a keyboard shortcut (I usually choose Alt+Shift+D).  If you use
>      more than one compiler toolchain, this method is the only somewhat
>      workable one.  You'll have to create one such link for each of them.
>      The drawback is that DJGPP-compiled programs executed from outside
that
>      shell will not see the DJGPP environment variable, which they may
need
>      for proper operation.

I will experiment this.

>
> The best solution may actually be a combination of the two: put
> "DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env" in the user's environment settings, and
> leave the PATH change to the batch file.
>
> Or have a word with that admin to allow DJGPP=... in the global
> environment.

In a way, I am the administrator ......... I'am migrating my productive
environment from my Wintel 98 to a new Wintel XP (I'am a sw testing free
lancer).

I'll let you know how is, Omar.---

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