Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 17:27:38 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Alex Schroeder <alex AT zool DOT unizh DOT ch>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Ideas for DJGPP.
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On 6 Dec 1996, Alex Schroeder wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:21:22 GMT, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Can you tell specifically what isn't clear enough in `readme.1st'?  The 
> > list of the required and optional files is there, so it must be some kind 
> > of wording problem which prevented you from figuring this out.
> 
> Actually I thought I had a lot of suggestions, but when I checked the
> latest readme.1st file, I found it a lot different from the first
> readme.1st file I read--all the things I had thought of such as small
> example sessions, all the files needed for the simplest compilation,
> installing the info files--it's all there!

That's because when people post specific requests to make this or that 
issue more clear, it usually gets done in a future release.  This is why 
I asked for specific problems, rather than generalities.

> experience with Turbo Pascal. When I look back now, I think the nicest
> thing to have would be an install programm for the most basic
> configuration, where the first few files where named like "Disk 1", "Disk
> 2" etc.

An installer for DJGPP is in the works as we speak.