Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:5660 From: "A. Sinan Unur" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: new to djgpp Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 11:47:50 -0400 Organization: Cornell University Lines: 30 Sender: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu (Verified) Message-ID: <31DBE7A6.7339@cornell.edu> References: <1 DOT 5 DOT 4 DOT 16 DOT 19960703185502 DOT 0a973ee0 AT mailhost DOT cyberhighway DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0065.cit.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: laurin keith davis DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp laurin keith davis wrote: > > man! i am lost with this. i used to be fluent in basic(about a decade ago!), and i think i can catch on to c and c++, but trying to get a compiler to work, might make me shoot myself! i have tried z80(by hytek) and it locked up my system every time. now, i get djgpp, it looks much better, no, it looks, much LARGER! i am completely lost. there is no doc and i can't even get this stupid thing to compile. PLEASE, somebody shove my face into the potatoes, or tell me where to start. do i just expand all the zip files? or is there some kind of installation? which exe is the compiler? what does all that other stuff do? i can't afford to buy one of those expensive compilers with all the documentation, so i'm going to have to fight through this crap. > Just do us a favor and read the README.1ST file at the FTP site where you got your copy of DJGPP from. One would think it would be obvious to anyone that that file should be read FIRST. I am wondering, if you did not read that file, how did you know which zip files to download??? Well, if downloaded ALL the files under the DJGPP tree, I guess that's poetic justice. If you stick with DJGPP, I am sure you'll find that so long as you do your homework first, this newsgroup is a great place to not only to ask questions, but also to follow ongoing discussions. You do need an attitude adjustment though. Good luck. Sinan.