Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:54:19 +0200
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199910281154.NAA07781@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: jventer AT writeme DOT com (Johan Venter)
Cc: djgpp AT Delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Zlib compiling error ==> help needed
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <AlUR3.5445$we DOT 8678 AT newsfeeds DOT bigpond DOT com> you wrote:
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message
> news:199910271622 DOT SAA07294 AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de...

> > Exactly. Which leads you to the 'setup batch file' method, either in
[...]

> Just to add my last thoughts on this thread. RSXNTDJ 1.5.1 certainly
> fixes the include directory problems, but using mingw32 and cygwin
> in confunction with DJGPP is another story. 

As I already said, sooner or later, you'll always need the batch file
method. The benefit of RSXNTDJ 1.5, as I see it, is that RSXNTDJ is
now so cleanly integrated with DJGPP that one setup works for both, at
the same time.

> To run either of them, I just have to go Start->Run->command.com /k
> C:\mingw32 or Start->Run->command.com /k c:\mingw32. 

This will work, but it's a bit too much to type to be comfortable, I
think. I prefer using Shortcuts instead. At least in Win98, you can
set up a 'DOS box' shortcut with an equivalent of the '/k batchfile'
method. There's a field in the DOS box settings where you can specify
the startup batch files. Having such an icon on the desktop makes
things quite a bit easier to access. I actually have a whole
'Start->Programs' subfolder full of such specialised DOS boxes.

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.