From:	Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DPMI
Date:	19 May 1998 11:14:45 GMT
Organization:	Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Arthur (arfa AT clara DOT net) wrote:
: What I did mean was that it didn't explain what DPMI _was_, not how to
: access it. 18.4 of the FAQ tells you about it but generally assumes that you

How about adding the question "What is DPMI?" with an explanation what the
letters stand for and a link to the specification? Or perhaps include this
information below 22.4 or change that heading to "What is DPMI?"?


Another minor nag: if I go to <http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/> and 
look at the listing, I can't see any numbers for the sections. If I select 
one section then I get the numbers. Like first I see "* Getting DJGPP--Where 
and what to download?" and when I select that link I see "4. Where and What 
to Download?"


Thanks,

							MartinS

: know about the inner workings of the PC, what bits you can access at what
: time, and that you generally know what you are doing. I have had less than
: four months programming experience on the PC, and am trying to find these
: things out as best I can.

: Obviously these things are out of the scope of a FAQ about DJGPP, and I was
: simply looking for some info about how to do stuff, or some pointers on how
: to go about finding it.

: Trouble is, every book you can buy either assumes that you are completely
: new to programming, or have had long-term programming experience on the PC.

: >
: >If this is your way of thanking those who help you for free, then it
: >really sucks.
: >

: Honestly, I do appreciate all this free help. After all, I'm not going to
: pay for anything (combination of tight wallet, student life, and a bookshop
: which thinks that a computer section should consist of Mr Gates'
: autobiography and the Dummies Guide to Foxpro) :^)

: The FAQs and all the other stuff from various sites have helped me do loadsa
: things - for instance, what Mode 13h was and how to draw stuff on the
: screen. And the bits of the FAQ which cover what I want seems to be well
: written and easy to understand (grovel).

: >If somebody more brilliant such as yourself would like to take over
: >the responsibilities for maintaining the FAQ, I will gladly relinquish
: >my duties.

: No thanks. I took one on some time ago but abandoned it after I found out
: how much work it entailed.

: >Contrary to popular belief, I do have life beyond DJGPP.


: So do I, but I'm working on it.

: >On the other hand, if you care to tell me what needs to be improved in
: >those sections (or anywhere else) in the FAQ, I will gladly do
: >whatever I can, although maybe not as brilliantly as others.


: Can't think of anything specific to DJGPP at the moment. Perhaps a framed
: version so that you have an index down the left hand side :^)

: Tell you what, though (and this is to everyone) : There is nothing worse
: than having a tutorial which cannot be downloaded and read offline. Stuff
: from the Programmer's Vault is great - just save the frame as HTML source -
: simple. I did, however, have to do a little tweaking to the files at
: www.delorie.com to view tham offline (from the look of the source, it was
: done in Frontpage - notorious for this sort of thing).

: Still, doesn't affect the FAQ does it?


: James Arthur
: jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net

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