From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: An idea for the next version of RHIDE...
Date:	Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:49:48 -0500
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To:	Bruce Locke <BLOCKE AT VM1 DOT NERIC DOT ORG>
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Bruce Locke wrote:
> 
> Now I have an idea that you might want to put on the to-do/to-wish-for
> list:
> 
> My idea is sort of a C\C++ WIZARD.
> 
> By going under a menu item, a dialog box would pop-up and ask several
> questions like: "Which Memory Model?", "Include DPMI support?", and
> questions about which types of functions from the set of include files
> that you would use in the new program.  When you are finished answering
> those questions, the WIZARD would create a new source file that contained
> all the includes and other code based upon your responses to the questions.

the questions "which memory model?" and "include dpmi support?" are
irrelevant
because first, the beauty of (or at least one of the many beautiful
aspects of DJGPP)
that you no longer have to deal with the standard 16 bit stuff, and,
second, DJGPP programs don't work without dpmi.

this is all presuming wizards are a good idea. personally, i don't think
so.

sinan.

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