From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: running djgpp
Date: 28 Apr 2003 10:57:43 GMT
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Anders Lindahl <anders DOT lindahl AT mbox305 DOT swipnet DOT se> wrote:

> I know that rhide is not the compiler. What I ment was: is it some
> program in djgpp/bin that decide the size of the windows?

No, the program that limits that is called "Windows XP".  You more or
less chose to use XP, and that's what you get for it.  Ever since
Win98SE, every new release of Windows coming out of Redmond has been a
more hostile environment for DOS programs than the one before it.
Getting applications like RHIDE which assume they "own" the video to
run in that environment is yet another bit harder than normal console
programs.  You won't have any of those problems you saw using GCC.exe
itself, the actual compiler.

I personally would say that the rigidity with which you insist on
having your RHIDE menus in Swedish isn't very reasonable.  You'll have
to read practically all of the documentation in English, anyway, so
what's so bad about having the menus in English, too?

IMHO, a good plan could even be to dump RHIDE completely, if you're
going to stick with XP.  You don't really need it.  There's lots of
other ways to write and compile programs with DJGPP.  They may not be
as snappy as RHIDE, but they're more likely to work in the short term.
Such as:

* write your code in whatever editor you have that works.  Use
notepad, if all else fails

* Compile directly from the command line, or use a makefile

* debug directly in gdb

RHIDE is nice to have if and where it works, but if it doesn't, that's
not the end of the world.
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.