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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:30:37 +0200
From: Francois Charton <deef AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com>
Organization: CCMSA
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To: Joshua Cannon Butcher <lchandar AT mindspring DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Next Question:
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Joshua Cannon Butcher wrote:
> 
> Okay, I downloaded the DJGPP v2 reference in MSHELP format, my next
> question, when do we get exact documentation on things like Compiler
> Switches, constants, #defines and their deifnitions, global variables
> and their definition.  

Compiler switches and the like will usually be found in the  GNU 
documentation : gcc.something for the compile, ld.something for the 
linker etc... They should be in your /info subdirectory.
(wtach out though : some docs are included with the sources (file 
****s.zip), not the binaries (files ****b.zip).
Constants, defines and the like are scattered in the .h files, in 
/include. 
And... what is not there, is in the FAQ (just kidding, Eli).

If you want more, you will have to read the sources. Still feasible for 
libraries, but fasten your seatbelts if you go for the compiler source... 

> I would be more than happy to help in the
> compilation of all this information to publish an official technical
> manual on this product.  I just would like to have some sort of
> information on the rest of DJGPP.

IMHO, the GNU compiler, and DJGPP are correctly documented (at least if 
you compare them to what is standard for MSDOS commercial products). But 
there is a lacune for the library functions. Only libc is documented, and 
often limited to a brief description of the function. If such a library 
doc project starts, I am also ready to help.

Francois