From:	Damian Yerrick <DELCAPSyerricde AT pineight DOT 8mSOFTWARE DOT com>
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Subject:	Read Me Third: A Short FAQ List (weekly summary)
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  Read Me First: readme.1st @ http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
  Read Me Second: DJ Delorie's Weekly Mini-FAQ post for DJGPP
> Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List
  Read Me Fourth: The DJGPP FAQ @ http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/

This is not DJ Delorie's mini-FAQ list. This is a second list that
answers the most frequently asked DJGPP-related questions on
comp.os.msdos.djgpp and other NGs in the c.o.m.* hierarchy.


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Read Me Third: The Short DJGPP FAQ List
Most Frequently Asked Questions in comp.os.msdos.djgpp
By Damian Yerrick

Because many people do not have time to browse through the whole DJGPP
FAQ list, I created this extremely condensed version based on the most
common questions on c.o.m.d.
Read the original at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/
Read the latest short FAQ at
    http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/minifaq.txt

To be included in this list, a question must be related to DJGPP and
discussed in at least five separate threads in comp.os.msdos.djgpp
and/or comp.os.msdos.programmer. If a question is also answered in the
full FAQ, these five questions must have come within five weeks.


 1. Why DJGPP?
 2. I used WinZip to...
 3. I know C++. How do I enter my code into DJGPP?
 4. C++: linker "cannot open -lstdcx"
 5. Long file names
 6. How do I do (graphics)? How do I do (sound)? What is "spilled"?
 7. What is DPMI?
 8. How do I make a GUI?
 9. Help!

Q: My program doesn't work. Can someone on c.o.m.d help?

A: Try compiling with warnings turned on. For example, replace
    gcc hello.c -o hello.exe
with
    gcc -Wall -W hello.c -o hello.exe

If you can't find the problem yourself after making all those warnings
go away, the general consensus is that we'll help if you provide
these five things:

1. Version number of DJGPP, gcc, binutils, and any add-ons
   (Allegro, RHIDE, etc.) you are using. To see a version number,
   check the docs or start the program with -v
2. Your operating system (DOS? Sin95? 98? NT?)
3. The smallest source code fragment that produces the error.
4. The command line you are using to make the program.
5. The exact error messages you get, and the output from symify.exe
   if there is a list of traceback EIPs.

Otherwise, we're not psychics. :-)


If you have any questions or comments, post them at
comp.os.msdos.djgpp *or* mail them to djgpp AT delorie DOT com; they'll get
answered. If they're among the most frequently asked, they may become
part of my short FAQ list.

Damian Yerrick
http://pineight.8m.com/

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