To: tudor AT cam DOT org
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:25:44 PST
Subject: Re: Ideas for DJGPP.
Message-ID: <19961207.102852.4887.1.Praxis_Beta@juno.com>
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From: praxis_beta AT juno DOT com (Bruce A Locke)


On Fri, 06 Dec 1996 20:56:27 -0800 Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org> writes:
>Well,I finally decided to answer that...
>It took me a while,cause I realised I was kinda wrong ;) oups...
>
>> Well, it wasn't me who you mailed to, but as a DJGPP newcomer I can
>> answer. I have used C++ about an year, but I find DJGPP still very
>> confusing.
>Yes,you're not a total newcomer!You allready used somethin else!
>That's my problem too!I'm used to TC++ which is totally different from
>djgpp.But for someone who really is a newcomer,and is not used with
>somethin else,maybe it's not that confusing.
>> First of all, PMode is confusing. Nearly all code you see is written
>> to RMode, so it isn't very easy to guess what it would be in PMode.
>
>> Then, making DJGPP and RHIDE work isn't very easy either, if you
>> compare to commercial compilers.
>That's right,RHIDE is different than TC++ IDE,and it's hard to get 
>along
>with it(until now,anyway,but it may change).
>> And then maybe the most confusing thing is Help. DJGPP's help sucks,
>> or I'm stupid. But it is nearly impossible to find something from
>> there, and if you compare it to commercial compilers'
>> point-and-click-with-right-button system, well, guess who wons..
>> 
>You're not stupid and it doesn't really *suck*.The problem is,It's
>different than the others...
>> But, DJGPP is fast(everyone says so) and free, so I'm going to learn
>> to use it.
>> 
>> Aleksi Kallio
>-- 
>tudor 'at' cam 'dot' com
>http://www.cam.org/~tudor 
>
>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
>     Version: 3.1
>     GCS d(-)@>-- s-()>+:(+)>- a--- C+(++)>+++>$ ULC(+)@>++++
>P+(+)>++++>$
>     L(+)>+++++>$ E-(--)?>++ W++(++)>+++>$ N(+)@>+++ o(-)?>+
>K---(----)?>-
>     w(---)@>-- !O--(----)>++ !M(+)>- V--(-)?>-- PS--(-)?>+++ !PE(+)>-
>     Y(+)>++>$ PGP+(++)>++++>$ t---(+++)@>+++ !5(-)>-- X++(+++)>$>++++
>     R+()>+++>$ tv(+)@>++ b+(++)?>+++ DI-(--)?>--- !D(+)>+++ G++(+)@
>     e-()>++++>$ h(--)?>++ !r(--)?>+++ !y(--)>+++++@
>     ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
>

I DON'T think that the RHIDE help *sucks*!  It seems to be complete.  Its
just that some of the command descriptions seem a little cryptic to
someone who is new to C/C++ (like me) or someone used to the help of the
commerical compilers......

Perhaps when I'm a C++ "wiz," the help will be invaluable.....

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Bruce Locke
Praxis_Beta AT Juno DOT Com