Hi I having been using C/C++ for quite some time. I used the TC compiler during that time. But I want to move on to better gfx progging environments. Please tell me whether these facts are correct:
1. DJGPP is a compiler
2. RHIDE is an IDE
3. Allegro is a gfx lib

Also I had a few questions:
I have downloaded DJGPP from www.delorie.com and RHIDE from www.rhide.com(I want to work with DOS environment, will rhide work well with it?).

I dont know anything about setting up the compiler and ide. How do I do that?

After I finish setting these two things how do i get allegro to work with it?

Please advice =(

Thanks,
Basix

P.S.: BTW I am no newbie to progging =P

first off, why do you want DOS support??

rhide should work with djgpp, all the versions of djgpp I ever used came with rhide setup and working, but have you tried looking at the rhide docs??

for allegro install it like normal then use rhide to add it to the linker options.

your facts are basiclly right, but allegro is a game proggraming libary, not just gfx. Hope that helps, I still think that linux or windows would be a better platform though.

EDIT: I got beat to it!

Well, cross-compiling can be tricky, but the source should at least be portable, so in effect: yes.

Setting up DJGPP:
The environment variable "DJGPP" should be set to point to where your djgpp.env file is, e.g.
set DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env (or wherever you installed DJGPP)
You also have to add the \bin directory to your path, e.g.
set PATH=C:\djgpp\bin;%PATH%
(I recommend you add these two lines to your autoexec.bat )

To compile and install Allegro:
Step 1) Unzip Allegro to the directory of your choice (make sure to preserve subdirectories).
Step 2) Go to your Allegro directory (for example "cd \djgpp\allegro")
Step 3) Type the following:

fix djgpp
make
make install

If there is any step here or part thereof you don't understand, feel free to ask about it and I will try to explain
[EDIT]
Oh, and welcome to Allegro.cc

He forgot to mention you need to set DJDIR to your djgpp directory too, using unix-style forward slashes:
set DJDIR=C:/DJGPP

are you sure you got rhide working correctly? sounds like you just got it to open, but its not finding/using djgpp. There should be some setup that needs to be done, all that information should be in the docs. or it could be as everyone else says that djgpp is not setup right so you should read those docs too. and quick question, are you running pure DOS? or through windows? because if its win2000 or winXP then its not going to work well at all.

What happens if you type 'gcc -v' at the command line? The error you showed seemed to be using C++ code.. what do you get with 'gxx -v'?

[edit] Nevermind i think i was wrong

help me! Rhide isnt working with DJGPP. I have set up the djgpp variables but rhide simply wont work! I tried using Dev C++ it works with DJGPP but gives too many errors

Ahem...I dont want to sound like a big mouth but you do have an option to use a different compiler in Dev C++ .

Standard Windows Compiler? Please enlighten me about this.

Plz check out my post on String Data Type =P

1. get mingw

2. get a bunch of IDEs to try out
Visual-mingw 0.43a (simple, very simple)
dev-c++ (has some problem IIRC)
MSVC (I'm anti MS...)
...
3. Install as instructed by packages.

4. Make sure you IDE and compiler works

5. get and install allegro

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Why exactly do you need to use DJGPP? DJGPP is old (edit: actually it isn't, the latest version is a lot newer than MSVC6 but whatever) and programs compiled with it won't work reliably under newer versions of Windows. MinGW OTOH is the same thing as DJGPP except it is for Windows and it compiles Windows programs...

Most likely no. But why do you want to develop for DOS? Is there a specific reasons for this or are you just afraid of Windows and Linux? Because developing for Windows with MinGW is almost exactly the same as developing for DOS with DJGPP...