[FM Discuss] check it out

[Lori Nagel]

I second that. I feel so overwhelmed with all that make and configure stuff even though I can write a basic C program. (although as far as I know we don't have a free manual that covers basic C syntax either, well there is K&R, but that is not free as in freedom, as well as numerous tutorials on the web) 
I remember a couple tricky things, the including the math libraries with gcc and also the finding x11 libraries on your system. You can literally waste years of your life and not get anywhere if you don't know what you are doing. 
We do have free make and configure manuals, but I think the hard part is "knowing what you need to learn" like, what would a person who has never even programmed hello world need to learn before that person could begin to contribute code to the community. Just having a list of all this stuff would be nice, and a reasonable order. 



----- Original Message ----
From: Leif B. Kristensen <leif at solumslekt.org>
To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:02:58 PM
Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] check it out


I think that there's a lot of people who, like me, know how to write a 
basic C program and compile it with GCC, but become lost in the 
environment. I'd very much like to get some handholding wrt include 
paths, configure, make, etc. 
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Leif Biberg Kristensen | Registered Linux User #338009
Me And My Database: http://solumslekt.org/blog/
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