From: Sunil Rao <sunil AT raos DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: rhide crashes when i try to compile C++ when set to "Auto"
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:03:32 +0000
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Elton Fry <elton AT iafrica DOT com> wrote, and I reply...
>I had the same problems.  Just re-name your files from *.CPP to *.CC,
>That's the simplest.

yeah... i did that, thanx to you AND to all who came up with the
(delightfully simple, i'm glad to say!) solution... it was about the
only thing i didn't try...  :^)

why the bluddy hell does it FREEZE anyway? i was told it's a bug in gcc,
but still...

>
>Sunil Rao wrote:
>> 
>> hello,
>> 
>> i can't understand this... i have rhide 1.3 (jun 10, 97) with djgpp 2.01
>> running under windows 95.
>> 
>> first, when i try to compile a C++ (hello.cpp) file with no project -
>> just one source file - it hangs. the mouse works, but nothing else. it
>> brings up a message saying "compiling" but then crashes before it puts
>> the command line on - so it hasn't got to the compilation stage. this
>> problem does not occur with C source files (hello.c)
>> 
>> then, it manages to compile when i open a project, add <hello.cpp> to
>> it, and set it as a C++ project. It crashes agin if i set it to "Auto"
>> in local project options - and i am just doing what the doc file
>> recommends!
>> 
>> why should it crash like this? surely it knows that .cpp is a C++
>> extension and can take the appropriate steps. can anyone help?
>> 
>> ps: this problem occurs both when i run it under win 95 and when i boot
>> or shutdown to dos mode.
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Sunil Rao
>> <sunil AT raos DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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