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- ID: X1 X Programming: Downloading GNU C++
- Quarterdeck Technical Note #171
- by Brian Cunningham and Tom Bortels
- Last revision: 2 March 1993
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- HOW TO GET X DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR FREE
-
- It is possible to get everything you need to develop X applications for
- DESQview/X for free. Aside from the cost of the telephone call, getting a C
- compiler and X11 libraries costs nothing if you use the following methods.
-
-
- 1. Download from the Quarterdeck BBS
-
- You can download the GNU C/C++ compiler and libraries from the Quarterdeck BBS
- at (310) 314-3227. You will need to contact the sysop and ask for extra time,
- as the files are quite large. The X libraries are contained in two files:
- QDDVX101A.ZIP and QDDVX101B.ZIP. The GNU C/C++ compiler is also located in the
- same download area.
-
-
- 2. Anonymous FTP.
-
- For those of you who are connected to the Internet, the QDVX101.ZIP file can
- be obtained from Quarterdeck's Anonymous FTP site:
-
- Host name : qdeck.com
- Location : ~/pub/djgpp/v109
-
- Log in as "anonymous", and leave your email address as the password.
-
- The GNU C/C++ compiler is also available at the same location.
-
- It is also available at numerous other sites on the Internet. You can
- check with your local archie server for site names and directories.
-
-
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
- It is worth knowing that you will have to be an experienced X programmer to
- even have a hope of doing anything with the downloaded GNU C/C++ and the X11
- library files. The reason for this is that the on-disk documentation is very
- difficult to use.
-
- The best solution, if you aren't intimately familiar with X programming (and,
- possibly, even if you are), is to purchase the DESQview/X X11 Starter Kit.
- When this technote was written the cost of the Starter Kit was only $50.00.
- The Starter Kit contains:
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- * A manual called the DESQview/X Toolkit Roadmap.
-
- * The GNU C/C++ compiler.
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- * A DOS Extender.
-
- * X11 libraries for the GNU compiler.
-
- * DESQview/X system library with Berkeley Socket Interface.
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- * Sample programs and Make files.
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- If you consider the cost of the download call and the time you may waste
- trying to use the files without a manual, the Starter Kit is a bargain.
-
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- *This technical note may be copied and distributed freely as long as it*
- *is distributed in its entirety and it is not distributed for profit. *
- * Copyright (C) 1993 by Quarterdeck Office Systems *
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