From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: How to begin? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:49:16 -0800 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Lines: 39 Message-ID: <32BB502C.6B8A@cs.com> References: <59e3rr$3m4$1 AT gollum DOT kingston DOT net> Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp208.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Chris Gazley DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Chris Gazley wrote: > > Is there a clearly defined route to take when begining with > DJGPP? For instance is there any guide that describes how to > progress through the instalation of the packages with tips and > hints about each stage. Also, is there a tutorial or group of > tutorials for DJGPP? I'm sure many of you will answer that if I > have to ask these questions I shouldn't be using DJGPP, but it > is vastly different from TC or MC and just a bit confusing > compared to the relative ease of their use. Any advice would be > appreciated. TIA. The file 'readme.1st' that comes with the standard DJGPP distribution gives precise instructions for installation and setup of DJGPP, and includes basic instructions for compiling. The DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list, while not precisely a tutorial, is still an incredibly important source of information on DJGPP, particularly for people who are used to other compilers like TC and MC. The FAQ can be read online at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/, or downloaded from SimTel as v2/faq202b.zip. There are many other sources of information about DJGPP on the Internet, contributed by dozens of helpful and knowledgeable users. The FAQ mentions many of these, and you just have to look at the .signatures of various folks on the newsgroup to find others. P.S.: To all DJGPP users, look for a new version of the FAQ to be announced in a couple of weeks. The more people that know about it now, the less we will have to inform after the fact. ;) (If I am being too presumptuous here, Eli, I apologize.) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | fighteer AT cs DOT com | | Proud owner of what might one | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | | day be a spectacular MUD... | Plan: To make Bill Gates suffer | ---------------------------------------------------------------------