Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/05/07:12:20
On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Aleksi Kallio wrote:
> Is there a profiler for DJGPP?
Yes. Please read Chapter 13 of the DJGPP FAQ list (available as
v2/faq202b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP) which deals with this
issue.
> Can it be used with RHIDE?
You are probably thinking about an interactive profiler such as the one
that comes with Borland C. The DJGPP profiler is quite different: you
compile and link your program with special switch to gcc, then just run
your program. The program (when compiled with this special switch)
gathers profiling information at runtime, then writes it to a disk file
when it exits. A special program called `gprof' will then read that file
with a profiling information and produce a human-readable text file which
describes the execution profile.
IMHO, interactive profiles are no use since they slow down your program
to a crawl.
> Is there any other Help-system than TexInfo (or something like that)
> for DJGPP?
No. Most of DJGPP development tools are ported GNU packages, and Texinfo
is the standard documentation format for GNU. Since nobody is crazy
enough to rewrite the Texinfo docs in any other format, here you are.
If you *really* hate Texinfo (but please wait at least until it works for
you before you decide), there is a Texinfo-to-HTML converter which will
produce a set of HTML files which you can then browse with your favorite
Web browser. You will lose the indices at the end of the Info files
after this conversion, though, which IMHO is quite a big loss.
> If there isn't, I'm going to miss Borland's Help...
If you didn't yet succeed in using Info, how do you know already that it
isn't as good (or better) than Borland's Help?
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