Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 15:28:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gordon Hogenson <ghogenso AT u DOT washington DOT edu>
Subject: Re: -m486
To: Ed Nixon <enixon AT noc DOT tor DOT hookup DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

On Tue, 6 Sep 1994, Ed Nixon wrote:

> I've just recently downloaded and intstalled the djgpp executables 
> from OAK.OAKLAND.EDU. There ARE documentation files included with 
> most or all of the modules however, I haven't seen a 'definitive' set 
> of User Guides or Reference Manuals (perhaps in PS format?) which contain 
> information about the command line switches of the various 
> components as well as the interactions and expectations of the 
> components.
> 
> Does such exist in either binary or printed form?
> Short of downloading the Unix gcc files and rooting around in them, 
> I'm at a loss (except for the FAQ which I haven't seen yet).
> Help? Pointers?
> 

You can get documentation (derived from the texinfo files, which
you got with DJGPP) for lots of the FSF software from primus.com
in the directory /pub/gnu-ps.  It is a bit out of date though--
they have the manual for GCC 2.5.8, not 2.6.0.

The same thing in A4 format (the above was U.S. letter size) can
be found at liasun3.epfl.ch in /pub/gnu/ps-doc.  I haven't checked
there myself, but that's what the gcc/g++ FAQ says.

In theory, it is possible to generate these postscript docs from
the texinfo files included with DJGPP, if you have TeX/LaTeX
(you can search for emtex, the port is by Eberhard Mattes).
But, based on hearsay from this list, actually doing that under
DOS can be a nightmare unless you know what you're doing.

[Of course documentation on DJGPP is made more complicated by the
fact that, until you get the hang of things, you're never sure
what is meant to apply to UNIX and what the special considerations
under DOS are, since all these docs are platform-independent.]