22 Miscellany

This chapter is a hodgepodge of questions which don't belong to any of the other chapters.

• RHIDE: Popular problems with using RHIDE.
• g++.exe: Unzip complains about it on DOS.
• Changing: How to change any DJGPP package.
• Packages: Where to find packages for DJGPP.
• Symlinks: Yes, DJGPP allows them (well, almost...).
• DPMI Spec: Where to look for DPMI specifications.
• WWW: The DJGPP Web site.
• Upload: Where to upload your DJGPP packages.
• Cross-DJGPP: You can use DJGPP for cross-development.
• 0xfe+0x20: Is this a GCC bug?
• Struct size: What is the size of a struct under DJGPP?
• Struct packing: C++ compiler doesn't pack structs.
• Int 24h: Catching those ``Abort, Retry'' messages.
• go32-v2: What is go32-v2 for?
• DXE: What are those .dxe files?
• LFN: LFN support had some subtle bugs in v2.0.
• Missing separator: What does Make mean by that?
• Modification time: Make says file time is in the future....
• Dual DOS/Windows: How to set up a dual DOS/Windows system.
• Zoneinfo: What's in that zoneinfo/ directory?
• dev directory: Don't use it!
• ELF vs COFF: Why doesn't DJGPP switch to ELF object format?
• Random numbers: How to get them, and how to seed them.
• Lexicon: What are all these buzzwords you are using?
• void main: Is this okay in a C program?
• Reboot the PC: How to reboot your PC from a DJGPP program.
• usleep: How to delay your program for a short period.
• CGI programs: You cannot make them with DJGPP.
• Input EOF: Program gets immediate EOF from stdin.
• FAQ format: How to convert this FAQ to other formats.