Message-Id: Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" Organization: INTI To: pachy2 AT pionet DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:26:29 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Rhide deleting saved files CC: rexcoffee AT netscape DOT com In-reply-to: <366bb71e.807617@news.pionet.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.54) Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com pachy2 AT pionet DOT net wrote: > I'm working strictly in DOS 6.22 I have win311 on my computer and > some widows drivers install at bootup, but I'm not using the windows > dos box > > If I use rhide to write a program from scratch and compile and get an > error message; > > #1 I cannot get the cursor back into the editing window (I've tried > all the menu options and function keys.) > > #2 I saved and exited. Returning to rhide and pulling up my file, > all that's there is a blank page. It's either not saving or deleting > saved files. > > I don't type strictly hunt peck and backspace and after writing two > pages in rhide, pressing F2 at the end of every sentence and then > having the file vanish, I was a bit torked. I like the color scheme > for expected expressions etc, but not the file loss for a syntax > error. > > Can anyone give me a clue? I think you saved the file in another directory and then tried to load it. Make a search in your hard disk, RHIDE doesn't delete the files. > Do you think emacs might work better? I installed it but haven't been > able to gain access to it. I only installed the emacs files once, > with no error messages. > > One more question. Would someone look at C:\djgpp\bin\ and tell me > if there is supposed to be a file g++.exe at that location. I got an > error message from pkunzip -d that it could't create that file. > Thinking my copy of the gccp archive was bad I downloaded a new one. > It was larger than the first one by 10k or so. I got no error message > that time, but no g++.exe file in the bin directory either. One release shipped a g++.exe for W95 users. It was removed to avoid questions like yours. > Oh also, I had to install most files at least three times to get it > working to start with. Why?!! does your system work normally? > It may be my system (Packard Bell 486sx50 24megs ram, 408m hdd > Phoenix A86 1.01E bios, Cirrus Logic 5424 video with new ver 1.5 > drivers.) is just not compatible or at least that's what I'm > beginning to think. I can, however work the small c compiler from the > dos command line, if I build with dos editor or Bingo(A shareware > editor) I'm just getting started with c so don't know if C++ works > from the dos prompt or not. > > For now don't email as our server is down, a not unusal condition. I > do have a web account at netscape though > > rexcoffee AT netscape DOT com Sent a CC to this adress. SET ------------------------------------ 0 -------------------------------- Visit my home page: http://set-soft.home.ml.org/ or http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6552/ Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET). (Electronics Engineer) Alternative e-mail: set-soft AT usa DOT net set AT computer DOT org ICQ: 2951574 Address: Curapaligue 2124, Caseros, 3 de Febrero Buenos Aires, (1678), ARGENTINA TE: +(541) 759 0013