Russ Whitaker wrote:
At long last here's vers 3 of the proposed FAQ
A few more typos:
compatable -> compatible proir -> prior kernal -> kernel nee -> need
and you can find the units directory with find /usr/local/lib -name units
Better:
and you can find the units directory with gpc --print-file-name=units after installation. If this doesn't give the correct directory (or just says `units'), your installation is not quite right yet.
flags : short;
This should be ShortInt.
Pascal syntax related questions may be appropriate in:
comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso Pascal according to ANSI and ISOstandards. comp.lang.pascal.borland Borland Pascal questions.
I'm wondering if we should suggest c.l.p.b at all. Is anyone monitoring it for GPC related questions regularly? (I'm not reading it anymore because of the high noise/signal ratio...)
Also, the new gpc-doc mailing list could be mentioned here. It's still in the starting phase, but it will be the place for documentation related discussions (such as this FAQ :-).
The last two changes apply to the upcoming release, due to some recent changes:
- A few unportable routines are not supported in the Dos unit (see the comments there). I think there's an older, unportable, Dos unit which supports them (or else it's easy to write one) if you really need those routines...
- A few unportable routines in the Dos unit are only supported under DJGPP if `__BP_UNPORTABLE_ROUTINES__' is defined (i.e., when compiling with `-D__BP_UNPORTABLE_ROUTINES__').
Then, add this to your `djgpp.env' file:
--------------------------------------------------------- [gpc-cpp]
We renamed the preprocessor to gpcpp, so this line should read then:
[gpcpp]
Frank