From: "Florent BUDILLON" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: "I've read README.1ST... now what?" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:29:58 +0100 Organization: Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) Lines: 220 Message-ID: <88tl3n$fa9$1@nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pupulse.oih.rwth-aachen.de X-Trace: nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE 951211959 15689 137.226.149.42 (22 Feb 2000 09:32:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rwth-aachen DOT de NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Feb 2000 09:32:39 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Now you have to read the file Dgjpp>doc>rhide>rhide.htm . Rhide is a quite easy IDE for beginners in C. Everything is explain inside the htm file. For emacs, wait for somebody else I don't use it for the moment. regards, Florent. Damian Yerrick a écrit dans le message ... > Read Me First: readme.1st @ http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ > Read Me Second: DJ Delorie's Weekly Mini-FAQ post for DJGPP >> Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List > Read Me Fourth: The DJGPP FAQ @ http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/ > > _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ >Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List >Most Frequently Asked Questions in comp.os.msdos.djgpp >By Damian Yerrick >(updated 14 February 2000) > >Because many people do not have time to browse through the whole 200- >page DJGPP FAQ list, I created this extremely condensed version based >on the most common DJGPP questions on c.o.m.d and c.o.m.p. >Read the original at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/ >Read the latest short FAQ at > http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/minifaq.txt > >To be included in this list, a question must be related to DJGPP and >discussed in at least five separate threads in comp.os.msdos.djgpp >and/or comp.os.msdos.programmer. If a question is also answered in the >full FAQ, these five questions must have come within five weeks. > > > 1. Why DJGPP? > 2. Location of Info-ZIP > 3. I know C++. How do I enter my code into DJGPP? > 4. C++: linker "undefined reference" to everything > 5. C++: linker "cannot open -lstdcx" > 6. Long file names > 7. How do I do (graphics)? How do I do (sound)? What is "spilled"? > 8. What is DPMI? > 9. Program crashes in _free >10. Help! > > >Q: I'm looking for a DOS compiler. Why DJGPP? > >A: Watcom C++ was a payware C/C++ compiler that made 32-bit DOS >binaries. You can recognize a program built with Watcom because it >will generally come with the DOS extender DOS4GW.EXE. According to >Sascha Bendinger , it has been shelved and is >no longer developed. > >DJGPP, on the other hand, is a free C/C++ compiler that makes 32-bit >DOS binaries. DJGPP programs often come with a DPMI host called >CWSDPMI, but a compatible extender is built into enhanced mode >Windows 3.1 and later. Because DJGPP is a port of the popular Linux >compiler GCC from Experimental GNU Compiler Systems, programs >developed with DJGPP will be more portable (Davin McCall >). And its libc fully supports long filenames >under Windows 95, 98, and 2000 (note: not NT <= 4). > >"Well, for me it is one factor - price. I cannot spend the hundreds >(or thousands) I'll need to pay in my local currency for Watcom. Along >with that, I sincerely believe DJGPP's "after sales support" (if you >can term it that for a free compiler) is 100% better, it is regularly >updated, has diversified widely (GCC on which it is based is widely >used on almost all Unix implementations) it has a good track record >(e.g. Quake was coded in it) it produced fast code, is very stable, >well debugged, etc - I have used it extensively for a hobbyist >programmer and I have NEVER had ANY trouble that could be attributed >to a buggy compiler, preproccessor, assembler or whatever. Plus, tips >and techniques for doing almost anything, from sound programming to >high resolution hi color programming is widely and very importantly >FREELY available - which I am quite sure does not apply to Watcom in >most instances." >(Stefan Viljoen ) > >Send your DJGPP success stories to djgpp-stories AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com > > >Q: WinZip wants to put each zipfile's contents into a new folder. How >do I unzip everything into C:\DJGPP? >Q: WinZip wants to make long filenames on my Windows NT. How do I >turn them off? > >A: Get unzip32 from the DJGPP Zip Picker, at > http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ >Then install everything as directed in the README. > > >Q: How do I enter my code into DJGPP? > >A: You can use any text editor and then use gcc from the command line: > C:\>gcc hello.c -o hello.exe >Or you can use RHIDE, Robert Hoehne's Integrated Development >Environment, which works almost exactly like Borland Turbo C++ for >DOS. If you downloaded it from the DJGPP web site, and you installed >DJGPP to c:\djgpp, RHIDE should be at > c:\djgpp\bin\rhide.exe >Or you can learn GNU Make, a scripting language for file translation >dependencies. > C:\>info make > > >Q: When I try to compile and link a C++ program from the command >line, I get "undefined reference" errors all over the place. > >A: Use gpp (also known as gxx) instead of gcc. gpp knows about the >extra libraries that C++ programs need. > > >Q: When I try to compile and link a C++ program in RHIDE, I get > Error: C:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lstdcx: No such file or > directory (ENOENT) > >A: RHIDE 1.4 has a slight bug with long filenames in C++. See section >8.7 of the full FAQ list for a full explanation. A fix for this >problem has been integrated into DJGPP 2.03; get it at the >zip picker. > > >Q: It still doesn't work. Now I get > Error: C:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot open -lstdcxx: No such file or > directory (ENOENT) >Q: Why can't I use long file names under NT or plain DOS? >Q: Why can't the compiler find streambuf.h? > >A: MS-DOS by itself does not support long file names such as >l i b s t d c x x . a >and neither does Windows NT 4's DOS emulator. You probably used WinZip >under Windows to unzip DJGPP (giving libstd~1.a according to plain >DOS). Try reinstalling DJGPP using unzip32, as described above. See >also section 22.18 of the full FAQ list. > > >Q: How do I do (graphics)? >Q: How do I do (sound)? >Q: How do I do (mouse)? > >A: The Allegro library by Shawn Hargreaves et al. handles the >keyboard, mouse, joystick, graphics, waves, and MIDI. Version 3.931 >works on mingw32, Linux, DJGPP, Watcom C++, and even dreaded Microsoft >Visual C++, and Borland C++Builder. Get it at > http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ > >Note: Allegro, when built for DOS, will not be able to use SVGA >resolutions (anything over 320x200) under Windows NT because NT >prohibits the sort of direct access required for SVGA. However, if you >build with Micro$oft Visual C++ or mingw32, you'll get a Win32 program >that uses DirectX. > > >Q: What is DPMI? >Q: When I try to run my program on my other computer, it gives me >Cannot load DPMI: get csdpmi*b.zip > >A: DPMI, or the DOS Protected Mode Interface, is a method of >communication between 32-bit DJGPP programs and 16-bit PC DOS (MS-DOS, >DR DOS, FreeDOS). To run DJGPP programs in DOS mode (booting straight >into DOS as opposed to a DOS emulation box in Windows), you'll need a >DPMI host such as CWSDPMI. Download it from the DJGPP Zip Picker; then >unzip cwsdpmi.exe into a folder on your PATH. > > >Q: My program crashes. When I symify the traceback, the first EIP >is inside the _free function. > >A. You most likely wrote beyond the end of a block. Try a memory >debugger such as YAMD. For more information, see section 9.2 of the >full DJGPP FAQ list. > > >Q: My program doesn't work. Can someone on c.o.m.d help? > >A: The general consensus is that we'll help if you provide these five >things: > >1. Version number of DJGPP, gcc, binutils, and any add-ons > (Allegro, RSXNTDJ, etc.) you are using. >2. Your operating system (DOS? Sin95? 98? NT? Linux cross-compiler?) >3. The smallest source code fragment that produces the error. >4. The command line you are using to make the program. >5. The exact error messages you get, either the error output from GCC > (if you can't compile) or the output from symify.exe if there is a > list of traceback EIPs (that is, if your program crashes at > runtime). > >Otherwise, we're not psychics. :-) > > >If you have any questions or comments, post them at >comp.os.msdos.djgpp *or* mail them to djgpp AT delorie DOT com; if they're >the most frequently asked, they may become part of this short FAQ >list. > >Damian Yerrick >http://yerricde.tripod.com/ > > >Looking for a book? Try Barnes & Noble. >http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/click?sourceid=9831085&categoryid=homepage >Hate spam? >http://spamcop.net/ >Looking for tetris? >http://fordms2.student.rose-hulman.edu/~tetris/ > > >-- >Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ >Comment on story ideas: http://home1.gte.net/frodo/quickjot.html >AOL is sucks! Find out why: http://anti-aol.org/faqs/aas/ >View full sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html > >This is McAfee VirusScan. 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