From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Installation Problem?
Date: 8 May 2001 10:14:04 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
[...]
> Isn't this unnecessarily complicated?  We already have setdjgpp.bat in
> djdevNNN.zip, so there shouldn't be any need to create it.  The user
> needs to open the DOS box's Properties, and enter this in the "Cmd
> line" property:

>       command.com /e:2000 /k c:\djgpp\bin\setdjgpp c:\djgpp

There's one drawback with this approach, IMHO: uninstallation of DJGPP
has just become unnecessarily hard, because we've modified the only
DOS box the user had.  I like the idea of drawing a .bat file onto the
desktop better: it'll create a *new* DOS box type icon, with separate
properties. Whenever DJGPP is uninstalled, this shortcut can be
deleted, without any harm to the 'real' DOS box.

> That's it!  Once they do this, they only need to create a shortcut to
> the DOS box, if they want.  

They already have one in the Start->Programs menu, anyway.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.