From: scrcrow AT pacbell DOT net (Chuck Busby) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: two newbie questions Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 07:11:32 GMT Organization: Scarecrow Lines: 16 Message-ID: <35d3e289.14570339@news.pacbell.net> References: <35d1d9d1 DOT 0 AT news DOT thefree DOT net> <35df0739 DOT 3261722 AT news DOT Austria DOT EU DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-206-170-26-35.sntc01.pacbell.net To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk >>2. I downloaded RHIDE. It seams OK, but when I tried to run a small = >program, >>nothing happened. I sat watching the screen for 30 mins while it >>said it was compiling, but nothing happened :-| Do C++ programs just = >take >>days to compile? I have attached the file I was trying to compile. When I first started using DJGPP a little while ago, this happened to me also. It turned out that I had not read the README.1ST file close enough and my autoexec modifications were not done properly, check the readme file and make sure the path and env statements are correct for your system. Scarecrow "I chase Buterflies, the nets are heavy but I manage." Cameron Pryce