To: tudor AT cam DOT org Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:25:44 PST Subject: Re: Ideas for DJGPP. Message-ID: <19961207.102852.4887.1.Praxis_Beta@juno.com> References: <32a43b9c DOT 1190444 AT news DOT eunet DOT fi> <32A8F8FB DOT 2573 AT cam DOT org> From: praxis_beta AT juno DOT com (Bruce A Locke) On Fri, 06 Dec 1996 20:56:27 -0800 Tudor writes: >Well,I finally decided to answer that... >It took me a while,cause I realised I was kinda wrong ;) oups... > >> Well, it wasn't me who you mailed to, but as a DJGPP newcomer I can >> answer. I have used C++ about an year, but I find DJGPP still very >> confusing. >Yes,you're not a total newcomer!You allready used somethin else! >That's my problem too!I'm used to TC++ which is totally different from >djgpp.But for someone who really is a newcomer,and is not used with >somethin else,maybe it's not that confusing. >> First of all, PMode is confusing. Nearly all code you see is written >> to RMode, so it isn't very easy to guess what it would be in PMode. > >> Then, making DJGPP and RHIDE work isn't very easy either, if you >> compare to commercial compilers. >That's right,RHIDE is different than TC++ IDE,and it's hard to get >along >with it(until now,anyway,but it may change). >> And then maybe the most confusing thing is Help. DJGPP's help sucks, >> or I'm stupid. But it is nearly impossible to find something from >> there, and if you compare it to commercial compilers' >> point-and-click-with-right-button system, well, guess who wons.. >> >You're not stupid and it doesn't really *suck*.The problem is,It's >different than the others... >> But, DJGPP is fast(everyone says so) and free, so I'm going to learn >> to use it. >> >> Aleksi Kallio >-- >tudor 'at' cam 'dot' com >http://www.cam.org/~tudor > >-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCS d(-)@>-- s-()>+:(+)>- a--- C+(++)>+++>$ ULC(+)@>++++ >P+(+)>++++>$ > L(+)>+++++>$ E-(--)?>++ W++(++)>+++>$ N(+)@>+++ o(-)?>+ >K---(----)?>- > w(---)@>-- !O--(----)>++ !M(+)>- V--(-)?>-- PS--(-)?>+++ !PE(+)>- > Y(+)>++>$ PGP+(++)>++++>$ t---(+++)@>+++ !5(-)>-- X++(+++)>$>++++ > R+()>+++>$ tv(+)@>++ b+(++)?>+++ DI-(--)?>--- !D(+)>+++ G++(+)@ > e-()>++++>$ h(--)?>++ !r(--)?>+++ !y(--)>+++++@ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > I DON'T think that the RHIDE help *sucks*! It seems to be complete. Its just that some of the command descriptions seem a little cryptic to someone who is new to C/C++ (like me) or someone used to the help of the commerical compilers...... Perhaps when I'm a C++ "wiz," the help will be invaluable..... =================================================== Bruce Locke Praxis_Beta AT Juno DOT Com