To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
From: Stuart Herbert <S DOT Herbert AT sheffield DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: 24 Feb 94 10:39:14
Subject: Re: documentation on djgpp
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)

> The problem of having documentation in readable form is not an
> inconsequential problem.  It would seem to me that some of
> the following would be useful --
> (a) ASCII text versions of the documentation

There is work just starting on a simple development environment for djgpp,
which is intended to help bridge the gap between tools such as Borland C++
and GCC.

As part of this, I'm looking at what would be the best way to make any
documentation available.  No flames please, but I'm not a fan of TeXInfo
myself, and the University no longer recommends TeX for day to day use.

I'm in the process of converting the supplied TeXInfo documents into good,
old fashioned man pages.  There are several clones/enhancements of man
available for DOS, including at least two free ones.

I've considered Windows help files, but

a) These will take longer to produce than man pages
b) This will not benefit people who chose not to use Windows

Long term, html is the way I'd like to go, but at the minute, there is a
lack of quality tools in this area to make it worth while.

Stuart