From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Differences between DJGPP and Cygnus-Win32
Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:59:01 -0500
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Jason Dagit wrote:
> 
> Hmm...Well that's a new wrinkle on my brain.  I just simply told Netscape to
> include those text files with my posting, but apparently, it did some strange
> encoding as you say.  Guess I should cut and paste next time.

I'm not entirely certain why this happens sometimes and not others,
because I have no problem with C files as text attachments in Netscape
Navigator 3.04 Gold.  Perhaps there is a difference in the way
Communicator 4.04 handles such things.  (I can tell what browser you use
from your message headers.)

> Yes, I mentioned that in my original posting.  I also mentioned that I like to
> debug my code until it will compile with no errors.  My program is rather simple
> though, what if it had been more complex and used all sorts of pointers or
> tricky-to-compile things.  Would I still be garaunteed that it would compile it
> right if my code was syntatically correct?

AFAIK, this is one of the possible problems with using beta software,
such as Cygnus-Win32.  It is neither as complete nor as rigorously
tested as the current version of DJGPP.  I don't know any of the details
of Cygnus, so I can't help you with specifics.  The Cygnus mailing list
would certainly be a better place to ask about the specifics of their
class implementation.

> Hmm....the 's' key?  In what program?  Netscape's search isn't done with the 's'
> key, and besides, I don't see anyway to do a search through all the topics.  But
> obviously you're not talking about the HTML version stored on  Delorie's site.  So
> what file/app are you talking about?

The Info version available as a downloadable file along with the rest of
the DJGPP packages (v2/faq210b.zip).  It can be read, along with the
other DJGPP documentation, with the GNU Info reader
(v2gnu/txi390b.zip).  Info is a very handy hypertext browsing tool, and
the format is supported by both RHIDE and Emacs, the two most popular
DJGPP IDEs.  Obviously, you cannot read it with Cygnus unless it has an
Info reader tool.

In the HTML FAQ at delorie.com, you can use Ctrl-F (Edit|Find) to search
the topic index for "error", "error messages", "redirect", "output", and
other terms, and they all lead after a few tries to the same reference,
chapter 6.10.

> Well, you could draw a picture!  ASCII art is always neat to look at :)

I stink rotten at ASCII art.  :-)

> All in all thanks for your time.
> Jason
> PS Does anyone know why I keep getting this error that there is more included text
> than new text?  I mean what is causing the error, Netscape or the News group?

Probably it's your news host, which refuses to allow postings that have
more included text than new.  This is a safeguard against Usenet Newbies
(tm) who reply to long messages and don't snip the nonrelevant portions
out.

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