From: "Marp" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Need help rewriting code... Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:01:58 -0500 Organization: ICGNetcom Lines: 34 Message-ID: <773ov4$ero@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: prn-nj4-02.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 07 8:02:12 PM CST 1999 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Ok, maybe I was a little vague about not understaning to FAQ. I'm not saying that the FAQ is unclear. I'm saying that I do not know enough about programming to understand the information in that section of the FAQ. I'm fairly new to programming and don't know a whole lot about doing low level stuff like this. I found some code on the internet and I wanted to get it working with DJGPP, but it kept complaining about that function because DJGPP doesn't have the segread() function. Since it was just a few lines of code, I was hoping someone would just show me how it's done. I've been reading this newsgroup for a little while now and a few of the people who post here seem to really know what they were doing. I just wanted some expert assistance, that's all. It was just a few lines of code and didn't seem like a big deal to me to just ask for some help on a newsgroup. I'm sure the FAQ makes perfect sense to someone familiar with that particular subject. Eli Zaretskii wrote in message ... >Please make a minimal effort to tell what was unclear in section 18.2 >of the FAQ. As far as I can tell, it answers exactly your question, >and includes a working example of a function that does similar things. > >See also section 18.4 which explains how to move data that has to be >sent to a real-mode service. > >Asking people to do the rewriting for you is much easier, but it >doesn't make DJGPP docs better. If, on the other hand, you ask >specific questions about what the FAQ says, chances are the next >release of the FAQ will be more clear on this issue, so that others >will benefit too. > >I suggest to rewrite the code in point as best as you understand from >the FAQ, post the rewritten version here, and then ask specific >questions about whatever you are unsure about.