From: "W. L. Estes" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: helping newcomers Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:54:15 -0500 Organization: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Lines: 22 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: euler.uncg.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Don't know if this has been said, but one thing that might help newcomers to djgpp is a "getting started" reading list. That is, say, in the FAQ, maybe there could be a section that suggests a few places in the info documentation that people new to UNIXlike environments could profitably spend some time. maybe some tips on how to do this well, e.g. you dont have to read _all_ the info on make, just enough to see how to write a simple makefile and what some of the less obscure options do. I just wanted a C/C++ compiler that wasnt gonna cost me money i dint have and that had some documentation. so, i got that with djgpp, but this semester working with classmates on a class project, i had to learn enough about unix to get around. Then, having to commute between computers, (SUNOS at school and djgpp at home), i had to know something about both environments. a doable thing, but it could have been easier. (some of that is just dos/unix problems which i know wont go away, but some of that might have been easier had i known what to look for.) Take care, --w