Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 09:53:36 -0800 (PST)
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To: "kosaku yui" <k_yui AT hotmail DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: What is DJGPP? (Was: (no subject))
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At 11:41  12/27/1997 PST, kosaku yui wrote:
>I just downloaded djgpp. What is it! Is it C/C++ or totally different 
>and independent. I'm very confused. I tried reading the readme.1st file 
>but it's so very complicated. I unzipped through windows95. is that ok? 
>How do I start? What do I do. What kind of stuff do I need before i 
>start? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (breath in, breath out. Breath in, breath out) 
>sigh. I don't know what to do. I have all the will to learn though... 
Okay.
DJGPP is a project providing a free 32-bit compiler and tools for
MS-DOS-like platforms, including Windows. You can compile C, C++, Pascal,
Fortran, and I think Ada.

You have unzipped the files already. Good. Windows should have done it fine,
just make sure you have the entire tree intact (i.e. there should be
subdirectories in the DJGPP directory, and only a couple actual files.) If
not, you have missed some checkbox or other, something like "Preserve
Directory Structure".

Then you need to add some lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. README.1ST
explains this, quite well I think.

Once you have all that set up, you can compile things. DJGPP's compiler GCC
is a command line compiler, so you will have to write your code in some
other editor. README.1ST shows what kind of command line to use. There is
also a very good IDE available. It's called RHIDE, and is very similar,
though better, to Borland C's. It allows you to do your editing, compiling,
testing, debugging, etc. all from one program.

If you have found places where the README.1ST file is unclear, please
mention them specifically. The people who write it would like it to be as
clear as possible.

Hope this helps.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net