From: XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: HELP notepad and gcc
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:00:56 GMT
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El día Sun, 23 May 1999 12:13:11 -0500, "jdm"
<jdm1intx AT DIE_SPAMBOT_DIEairmail DOT net> escribió:

>Don't use Notepad to edit your source code.  It will append a ".txt"
>extension on your file even if you put a ".c" extension on it.  So you
>will wind up with a file named "name.c.txt".  If you don't have "Show
>filename extensions" checked in your Explorer options, you won't see
>it.  You can get Notepad to save a filename as you typed it if you set
>the file type dropdown list to "All Types (*.*)" before you type in
>the filename, but that's too much of a hassle.  Use a real editor like
>PFE or something, if you don't want to use RHIDE.

Just use double quotes when typing the name for the file to be saved,
that is, instead of:

name.c

which would end up as name.c.txt, you should use

"name.c"

then notepad won't append the txt extension.

Regards,
GUILLE

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Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (ya sabes :-)