Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:06:33 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199606240406.AAA19061@delorie.com>
To: rocksolid AT wave DOT net
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <31CDCE66.7E6B@wave.net> (message from RockSolid on Sun, 23 Jun 1996 16:08:22 -0700)
Subject: Re: Four Trivial Questions and a Partridge in a Pear Tree


> I've just got DJGPP and have a few little questions.

See http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

> What does GNU stand for?

Gnu's Not Unix.  See http://www.delorie.com/gnu/

> What exactly is DPMI?

Dos Protected Mode Interface.  It's how programs talk to the real-mode
stuff.  See http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/dpmi/

> Is there a way I can code in Intel assembly instead of AT&T?

Not easily.

> DJDIR=%:/>GARAGE/DJGPP%
> 
> And it doesn't work. (even when I change the reference to DJGPP.ENV in my 
> autoexec.bat.

Don't change DJGPP.ENV - it's directory independent.  The DJGPP inside
it is the name of the environment variable, not the name of the
directory.