Re: Lout 3.06 on DOS Machine ?

[Bunno Lim]

On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, byron lee newberry wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been using Lout 3.06 for a few months on the Unix machines
> here at school and have grown to really like the code.  I am 
> currently writing a conference paper and need to be able to 
> continue my writing while on travels.  I have a 486 based machine
> that is somewhat portable.  Linux is not an option (it is a PS/2
> machine which is currently unsupported by Linux).  I really need
> to install Lout in Dos.  
> 
> I have tried using a small version of gcc (ez-gcc based on DJGPP) to
> compile Lout, but I get primarily warnings/errors about too long
> of command lines being passed to make.  I have access to Microsoft
> Quick-C, but I am not that familiar with its makefile facilities.
> Can anyone give me some help!  Better yet, could some kind-soul
> provide me with a compiled version (I am not much of a C programmer
> and I am even less familiar with makefiles).  I couldn't care
> less about the directory structure of the compiled code.  I would be
> glad to facilitate any compiled version.  I guess my only limitation
> is that my machine is an SX so I don't have a mathco (if this makes
> a difference).
> 
> ALL help is greatly appreciated and I will keep plugging away at
> this end.  If (with help I am sure) I am successful, I will post
> a "Guide to DOS Installation" to the mailing list.
> 
> Best Reagrds, 
> 
> Byron Newberry
> 
> 

I have successfully compiled lout on PC. Is there an anonymous 
ftp account that I can upload it ?

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