From: broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
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Subject: Re: INFO usage in README.1ST
Date: 22 Sep 1999 15:10:09 +0200
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Rodeo Red (rodeored AT netstep DOT net) wrote:
> Here's where you lose me. That's where I got lost in the faq too.
[...]
> I'm running windows 98

> I have \txi312b\bin\info.exe along tith the other files in txi312b.

That location of your file(s) is already part of, if not the whole
problem you have. You should *not* unzip each package (txi312b.zip,
txi321d.zip, djdev202.zip, and so on) to a separate directory. WinZip
seems to strongly prefer it that way, but it won't work for DJGPP.

You need to unpack *all* zips into a single toplevel directory,
usually called 'djgpp'. I.e. you should have

	d:\some\where\djgpp\bin\info.exe
	d:\some\where\djgpp\bin\stubify.exe
	d:\some\where\djgpp\info\dir

and so on. All files below one single 'djgpp directory'. 

> When I hit info.exe  I get a big black box with a tool bar titled "MSDOS
> Finished-info".

That 'big black box' is what is usually called the DOS box. You'll
have to get used to it to use DJGPP, as it's a DOS programming
environment.  One of the first things to learn: don't "hit info.exe"
in Windoze's 'Explorer'. Start a DOS box ('MSDOS Command Prompt' in
official Gates-Speak..., I think), make sure the PATH and DJGPP is set
properly, and start, e.g. 'info' by typing

	info <Return>

into that 'big black box'.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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