From: "Damian Yerrick" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List Lines: 74 Organization: Pin Eight Software X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: <1SE04.964$NW1.34269@dfiatx1-snr1.gtei.net> X-Trace: +SHLvh0MDuPZnkjppawizS+qeRmhbjBY6/puniXEDibd9f5HYamQxgfZgDtzKO67UizKRPHhoS66!kti+iR4Hoi4kYB2v3yNWo/luI3Fx2BvvcrJrntulouzbq84ILcRKHdJ8tN/hvSODLBpeQbDr X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:27:41 GMT Distribution: world Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:27:41 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Read Me First: readme.1st @ http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ Read Me Second: DJ Delorie's Weekly Mini-FAQ post for DJGPP > Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List Read Me Fourth: The DJGPP FAQ @ http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List Most Frequently Asked Questions in comp.os.msdos.djgpp By Damian Yerrick Because many people do not have time to browse through the whole 200- page DJGPP FAQ list, I created this extremely condensed version based on the most common DJGPP questions on c.o.m.d and c.o.m.p. Read the original at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/ Read the latest short FAQ at http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/minifaq.txt To be included in this list, a question must be related to DJGPP and discussed in at least five separate threads in comp.os.msdos.djgpp and/or comp.os.msdos.programmer. If a question is also answered in the full FAQ, these five questions must have come within five weeks. 1. Why DJGPP? 2. Location of Info-ZIP 3. I know C++. How do I enter my code into DJGPP? 4. C++: linker "cannot open -lstdcx" 5. Long file names 6. How do I do (graphics)? How do I do (sound)? What is "spilled"? 7. What is DPMI? 8. How do I make a GUI? 9. Help! Answers to questions 1-8 can be found at http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/minifaq.txt Q: My program doesn't work. Can someone on c.o.m.d help? A: The general consensus is that we'll help if you provide these five things: 1. Version number of DJGPP, gcc, binutils, and any add-ons (Allegro, RSXNTDJ, etc.) you are using. 2. Your operating system (DOS? Sin95? 98? NT?) 3. The smallest source code fragment that produces the error. 4. The command line you are using to make the program. 5. The exact error messages you get, either the error output from GCC (if you can't compile) or the output from symify.exe if there is a list of traceback EIPs (that is, if your program crashes at runtime). Otherwise, we're not psychics. :-) If you have any questions or comments, post them at comp.os.msdos.djgpp *or* mail them to djgpp AT delorie DOT com; if they're the most frequently asked, they may become part of this short FAQ list. Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ Looking for a book? Try Barnes & Noble. http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/click?sourceid=9831085&categoryid=homepage Hate spam? http://www.mindspring.com/~lindellj/spam/