Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/09/16/16:28:07
This is to announce that release 2.11 of the DJGPP FAQ list was uploaded
to SimTel.NET and should be available shortly from all its mirrors:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2/faq211b.zip
This ``binary'' distribution includes the FAQ in Info, HTML, and plain
ASCII formats, suitable for reading with your favorite browser. The
HTML version is also available from DJ Delorie's server,
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/.
In addition, there are two other archives: faq211s.zip includes the FAQ
sources and the tools required to generate the FAQ in all supported
format; and faq211p.zip includes the printable versions of the FAQ
(PostScript, PCL, and DVI formats), for those who'd like a hardcopy on
their desk. Be warned, though: the printed copy is about 210 pages, so
get your paper stock ready!
This release includes numerous improvements (support for typesetting a
printed version with TeX, inclusion of section numbers in the HTML
version, etc.); many small errors were also fixed. In addition, I added
several important sections, like the one which describes how to
interpret the crash dumps and how to debug programs using the info
printed when the program crashes. See the file WHATSNEW.faq for a
detailed log of changes. The file README.faq tells you what else you can
do with this distribution, and how.
Many people wrote to me during the 18 months since the release of the
previous version, and sent suggestions for changes, corrections for typos
and wrong URLs, etc. Many thanks to all of them; the full list of the
contributors can be found at the end of the FAQ.
If you'd like to rebuild the FAQ from sources, please note that you will
need the latest version of the ported makeinfo program (see my other
announcement today). The previous version had several subtle bugs that
would prevent the FAQ from being correctly generated.
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