From: "Johan Venter" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: Subject: Re: Ambitious suggestion for a DJGPP add-on Lines: 39 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:38:53 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.134.163.34 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 940586724 139.134.163.34 (Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:05:24 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:05:24 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eli Zaretskii wrote in message news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 991021142238 DOT 2684V-100000 AT is... > - it must be very smart and very careful about changing system > configuration files, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. Some people use > very sophisticated configurations, and get pissed off when their > system is messed up by an installer. Yes, many have config.sys menus that run into their autoexec.bat using the %CONFIG% variable set by config.sys. In these systems though, there is normally (or can be added without any fuss) a common: section in the autoexec.bat that runs regardless of the item selected in a config menu. > > It then adds a shortcut to RHIDE > > (working directory not set) to the Start menu > > There are no ``shortcuts'' in the Start menu. There are shortcuts, and > there are Start menu items--which one did you mean? In fact Eli, ALL the "start menu items" ARE shortcuts. Look in your WINDOWS/Start Menu folder. This is your start menu, lots of shortcuts. > Disadvantages: > > New exciting bugs we know nothing about ;-) > > Never mind, that was just a silly joke of an old cynic. Don't let it > discourage you! Hehe, I feel basically the same way. I think that people should have at least a basic idea of using DOS and configuring their system before they start programming. -- Johan Venter ICQ 3643877 - jventer AT writeme DOT com The TPU DJGPP Interest Group - http://surf.to/djgppig The RSXNTDJ 1.5 HOWTO - http://surf.to/rsxntdj