From:	Richard Mansfield <melvin AT math DOT psu DOT edu>
Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 92 20:23:03 -0500
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	gcc graphics

Is there anywhere I can get a brief overview of the graphics
library for gcc and gpp - one written in complete sentences and
which doesn't assume I already know the basics and am just looking
for a few technical hints?

What does the word blit mean. I note that it is also used without
definition in the manual for Zortech C++. (By the way, the Zortech
manual has an excellent description of its graphics library, exactly
what I am looking for a propos gcc.)

Has anyone successfully compiled TeX using gcc on the PC. I used web2c
to make all the C source files and made a file of the Unix commands
issued by make, took them home to my PC, edited as many system dependent
#define's as I could find and compiled it. The compile seemed to go ok
with no error messages and initex almost seemed to work, but it could
not read any of my .tfm files (bad file messages, not missing files).
It created a format file, but virtex cannot read the format file. (Again,
the message is "cannot read" not missing or bad). It looks to me like
there is a possibility that the input routines in TeX have some anti-PC
code. When I try initex on an actual TeX file with \input plain as its
first line, everything seems to work except that there are no fonts and
so every letter puts a error message into the log file.

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