From: Christopher Croughton Message-Id: <97Nov25.134342gmt+0100.17029@internet01.amc.de> Subject: Re: Substituting \ for / in make To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:41:46 +0100 Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: from "Eli Zaretskii" at Nov 24, 97 04:20:33 pm Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > The variable itself should probably be mentioned, yes. I'm just not sure > where: originally, it was designed as an internal hook. Its only use is > to set up ported or portable programs. Since we don't have any docs > which explains how to port, I don't know where it should be mentioned. Hmm, perhaps in a document explaining how to port? Seriously, a document like that (probably as part of the DJGPP User Guide thingy) would be a Good Thing(tm). > The FAQ is not a good place, since almost nobody asks about DJDIR. The answer to that is simple - I'll ask about it every week and then it will become a Frequently Asked Question . > README.1ST is inappropriate IMHO, since it should be kept simple enough > to get newbies off the ground. Right, true. > It seems that a section in kb.inf, under "Hidden Features", is one place > that's appropriate. Now, if I only had additional 24 hours every day... Why be so conservative? Ask for at least 48 ... (From the time you seem to spend answering questions here, I'm surprised you get anything else done anyway...) > As for the fact that DJDIR converted to forward slashes, I'm not sure it > needs to be documented at all. After all, if you understand the syntax of > DJGPP.ENV (described in kb.inf) and look inside it, you should see it > immediately ;-). Does someone actually understand that syntax? I thought it "jest growed" ... Thanks, anyway... Chris C