To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: helping newcomers
Message-ID: <19970106.200214.4975.3.chambersb@juno.com>
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 22:56:41 EST


On Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:54:15 -0500 "W. L. Estes" <wlestes AT hamlet DOT uncg DOT edu>
writes:
>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
It sounds like you're fresh into the world of DJGPP, so perhaps you could
help - what areas are confusing?  This is a highly debatable topic, and
it seems no-one can really answer specifically.

...Chambers