Re: [AD] 3.9.40 report 2

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On 17 Nov 2001, Robin Burrows <rburrows@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A couple of things I missed in my other report. Should put in somewhere how
> to get a command prompt in win (Start>Run type 'command' works in all
> versions of win I tried), and dx70_mgw.zip could get confused with
> dx70_min.zip (naming).
> 
> It's still all a bit complex for most people, still there's lots of help
> available and I daresay people will offer preconfigured mingw downloads with
> allegro already setup.

Tell me if these changes are ok.  I reckon the command line thing is
patronising, but maybe that's just me.


Index: readme.mgw
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/alleg/allegro/readme.mgw,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -c -r1.23 readme.mgw
cvs server: conflicting specifications of output style
--- readme.mgw	2001/10/26 23:50:31	1.23
+++ readme.mgw	2001/11/18 01:05:47
@@ -91,10 +91,12 @@
    1) Download the complete MingW32 distribution from 'http://www.mingw.org'
       You should download the complete package instead the many small ones
       unless you want to move files manually. :-) At the time of writing
-      (September, 2001) 'Mingw-1.0.1-20010726.tar.gz' is the newest.
+      (November, 2001) version 1.1 is the newest. A direct link is here:
+      http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-1.1.tar.gz
 
    2) Get the minimal DirectX 7 SDK for MingW32. (dx70_mgw.zip) Download it
-      from 'http://alleg.sourceforge.net/wip.html'.
+      from 'http://alleg.sourceforge.net/wip.html'. Please don't confuse it
+      with dx70_min.zip.
 
    3) Install the MingW32 distribution from step 1. I recommend you unzip it
       to 'c:\mingw32' (the following steps assume this is what you used).
@@ -127,8 +129,11 @@
    Reading specs from C:\MINGW32\BIN\..\lib\gcc-lib\i386-mingw32msvc\2.95.3\specs
    gcc version 2.95.3 20010726 (release)
 
+   (If you don't know how, you can click on Start -> Run then type
+   "command" to get command prompt.)
 
 
+
 =============================================
 ==== Setting up Dev-C++ to build Allegro ====
 =============================================
@@ -142,14 +147,16 @@
    1) Download the complete MingW32 distribution from 'http://www.mingw.org'
       You should download the complete package instead the many small ones
       unless you want to move files manually. :-) At the time of writing
-      (September, 2001) 'Mingw-1.0.1-20010726.tar.gz' is the newest.
+      (November, 2001) version 1.1 is the newest. A direct link is here:
+      http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-1.1.tar.gz
 
    2) Download the Dev-C++ 4 IDE (without Mingw compiler and libraries) from
       'http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/download.html'.
       Once again, make sure you do not install it until you get to step 4.
 
    3) Get the minimal DirectX 7 SDK for MingW32. (dx70_mgw.zip) Download it
-      from 'http://alleg.sourceforge.net/wip.html'.
+      from 'http://alleg.sourceforge.net/wip.html'. Please don't confuse it
+      with dx70_min.zip.
 
 
    Installation process:
@@ -190,6 +197,8 @@
    Using builtin specs.
    gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
 
+   (click on Start -> Run then type "command" to get command prompt.)
+
 
    10) Now scroll down a bit for instructions on how to install Allegro
        and an example program.
@@ -267,6 +276,7 @@
    This assumes you have unzipped allegro to c:\allegro
 
    First configure Allegro by entering the following on the commandline:
+   (click on Start -> Run then type "command" to get command prompt)
 
    cd c:\allegro
    fix.bat mingw32
@@ -277,8 +287,9 @@
 
    SET STATICLINK=1
 
-   In the same manner we can also enter one of the following lines to
-   build either the debug or the profiling version of the library:
+   If you want to build either the debug or the profiling version of
+   the library enter one of the following. Skip them to build the
+   release (default) version.
 
    SET DEBUGMODE=1
    SET PROFILEMODE=1
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@
    wish. Here's a small program you can type to see if everything
    worked until now:
 
-      #include "allegro.h"
+      #include <allegro.h>
 
       int main() {
          allegro_init();
@@ -353,13 +364,11 @@
       }
       END_OF_MAIN();
 
-   You now need to tell Dev-C++ that you'd like to make a program
-   that uses Allegro. For that, go in the Project Options screen
-   (Project/Project Options menu), then click on "Load Object Files".
-   You need to select the file called liballeg.a (of liballd.a for
-   the debug mode); the file should be in C:\Dev-Cpp\lib. Notice
-   it's a .a file, and not a .o file, so you'll need to get the file
-   dialog to show all files.
+   You now need to tell Dev-C++ that you'd like to make a program that
+   uses Allegro. For that, go in the Project Options screen
+   (Project/Project Options menu), then enter -lalleg (or -lalld for
+   the debug mode) in the box under 'Further object file or linker
+   options'.
 
    Compile your project! Simply click on the green check mark on
    your Dev-C++ toolbar. Correct any syntax errors in your code,



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