To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: helping newcomers
Message-ID: <19970111.173907.4911.2.chambersb@juno.com>
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 20:40:13 EST


On Sat, 11 Jan 1997 14:13:50 -0600 "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
writes:
>On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, W. L. Estes wrote:
>> > That is, say, in the FAQ, maybe there could be a section
>> 
>> I still maintain that people who lack Unix experience should read 
>the docs
>> of every tool they use in DJGPP, and should not expect to be able to 
>begin
>> using them after 5 minutes.  Almost every on-line manual includes an
>
>Well how about just a document on setting up djgpp for a MSDOS system?
>There's so much info in the full version I don't really know what 
>sections
>I'm supposed to read to set it up properly.
What other system are you going to set it up on?  DJGPP *IS* Gcc for
MSDOS, not Gcc for MacOS.  All the information in the docs is there
_because people need to see it_, not because the authors of the various
packages like writing them.  Besides, most docs I've seen have been
pretty good at laying out what must be done to install and get it
working.

...Chambers