From: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: simple answers...
Date: 25 May 1998 13:40:52 GMT
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Artem Egorkine (user AT hut DOT fi) wrote:
> I see a lot of people complaining that stuff doesn't work, files not
> found. This gives me headache, since, I wan't to know if these
> people ever read anything in their %DJDIR%/gnu directory.

Huhuh. Yes, if everyone first read the FAQ and all README.DOSes, this
newsgroup would be almost empty... :)

> Another thing is 'setdjgpp.bat' (that's what it is called, I think)...

This is a compatibility for v1 I think. It is not necessary if one
puts `set DJGPP=d:/dir/djgpp/djgpp.env' in his autoexec.

> Why would poeple even put
> set DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env
> to their autoexec.bat when it is clearly stated there that it sould be
> set DJGPP=c:/djgpp/djgpp.env

This is not true. According to DJ himself, both should (and do) work.

> On my behalf, I want to thank all the generous people out there that
> don't take a rocket launcher, but write a simple expalantion, when
> they see messages like ' where is my streambuf.h?'

Yes, especially Eli and the Aldrich/Eldredge couple (what's in a
name!) are notorious for answering almost every single question.
Thanks guys, this makes DJGPP have the success it deserves.

-- 
Groeten, Michel.        http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mdruiter
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