From: Oon Lin <sci-okl AT jcu DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Very New Guy
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:16:36 +1000
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On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Shawn Lefebre wrote:

> Well this is pretty embarasing.  I jut downloaded all of the files for
> DJGPP, unzipped them, set up my autoexec the way they asked, and rebooted
> the computer.  I can't find out where the program is to start writing.  Or
> is there one there?  Does DJGPP have a program to write the program with a
> run button in it?  Or is it just a compiler?  Please let me know.  Also, I
> am a VERY new C programmer, I have experiance in Pascal and BASIC.  I can
> buy Borland C++ ver. 5.0 Development Suite(?) for $99 from my school
> bookstore.  Should I buy that?  Please let me know.  Any help is greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Please reply to shmeb AT ziplink DOT net or remove .spammy from address.
> 
> Thanks again!!

DJGPP is a complete C compiler by itself. You won't need Borland Developer
Suite for it.(Why spend so much when you could get a GREAT C/C++ compiler
for free ? , thanks to DJ Delorie !)

DJGPP or (GNU compiler to be exact) is a command line compiler . You type
in the source code using a text editor and compile it using the program 
gcc.exe (I guess that rules out a "run" button....)

But never fear ! Robert Hohne had made an IDE (Intergrated Development
Environment) for DJGPP. Yup , you can compile and run in that editor.
It's called RHIDE and quite similiar to Turbo C++ 3.0 IDE. Oh yeah , did I
mentioned that it was free too ??

You can get it at http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~rho/rhide-1.4/rhide.html

It's a great IDE , and I'm loving every minute when using it !

By the way , about the problem of you can't getting started , you might be
searching for the wrong thing. I assume your're searching for an IDE. You
gotta get RHIDE to have an IDE. If you would like to use the command line
compiler (gcc.exe), the file name is GCC and it's in the "bin" subdirectory in
your DJGPP directory.

For more information on using the command line compiler , try looking
at this site :
http://www.castle.net/~avly/djsetup.html

It gives some information on how to build (compile and link) your C
program.

Oh yeah , do read the FAQS. It's in the FAQS subdirectory in your DJGPP
directory. It's very informative !

Hope that helps ! :)

Urs Segmentation Faultly ,
Kean

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