Lines: 72 X-Admin: news AT aol DOT com From: lproche AT aol DOT com (Lproche) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Date: 10 Jun 2001 20:39:05 GMT References: Organization: AOL, http://www.aol.co.uk Subject: Re: newbie Message-ID: <20010610163905.20712.00000302@ng-fx1.aol.com> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I was reiterating my own experience. If you use Windows Explorer and drag and drop a zip file onto unzip32.exe in a new directory (which is what I did, and possibly what Nick did) then the file appears in the Windows directory (at least on my machine with a default Windows 98 installation). Try it and see! [In my earlier post I accidently omitted Nick Thompson's post; I have copied it to the end of this message] >Subject: Re: newbie >From: Eli Zaretskii eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il >Date: 6/10/01 9:05 AM GMT Daylight Time >Message-id: > > >On 9 Jun 2001, Lproche wrote: > >> You probably unzipped at least one file into the wrong directory and then >moved >> a subdirectory to where it was meant to go, leaving a file behind in the >> default directory. unzip32 unzips files to the default directory (often >> 'Windows') by default. >> >> Try installing again using the -d option in unzip32 or use WinZip. > >You have it backwards: unzip32 does NOT need -d, and it always unzips >the files into the directory where it is invoked. WinZip, on the >other hand, has a few nasty surprises for the uninitiated, like an >option, which too many users seem to have activated, to unzip each >zip file into its own directory. > >It is much safer to use unzip32, especially since it always uses the >right mode wrt the long file name. >>Subject: newbie >>From: "nick thompson" >>nickboy AT popstar DOT com >>Date: 6/7/01 10:06 AM GMT Daylight >>Time >>Message-id: >><20010607090657 DOT 6974 DOT qmail AT mail DOT com> >> Hi.. I'm sorry to bother you, but I am >>just starting out trying to learn C++. It's >>always been a dream of mine to make >>simple games for my own enjoyment, >>and I don't think gaining a new skill >>could be a bad thing anyway. I was >>looking around for a freeware or >>shareware compiler to get started, and >>I read some good reviews of DJGPP, >>so i decided to try it out. I used the .zip >>picker form and downloaded and >>installed it as per the instructions (I >>believe), but for some reason the file >>djpgg.env, as referred to the in >>autoexec.bat modifications, is nowhere >>to be found. This makes RHIDE and >>possibly all of it impossible to use. >>RHIDE advises me to look at the FAQ >>and readme files, but I didn't see any >>information about which .zip contains >>djgpp.env, or what to do if it is not >>present. This is a bit frustrating, as I >>can't really start learning much if I can't >>even get the compiler to function. >>Here is a list of the .zips i downloaded >>and unzipped using WinZip (which >>support long filenames, as far as I >>know): >>unzip32. >>v2/copying.dj >>v2/djdev203.zip >>v2/faq230b.zip >>v2/readme.1st >>v2apps/rh1478b.zip >>v2gnu/bnu211b.zip >>v2gnu/gcc2953b.zip >>v2gnu/gpp2953b.zip >>v2gnu/mak3791b.zip >> Thanks in advance, >>nick thompson >>-- >>_______________________________>>________________ >>Make PC-to-Phone calls with >>Net2Phone. >>Sign-up today at: >>http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.>>cgi?121