Re: a2tools for ProDOS (?)

[Chris Morse <chris@cosmicwolf.com>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:33:24 -0400, Sheldon Simms
<sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> I wanted to play around with Linux, but was sort of turned off my
>> first try.  I got Red-Hat Linux 8.0 installed on a virtual PC but when
>> I went to start up the development software (GCC?) it prompted me to
>> create indexes for all the help documentation.  Well, I clicked "OK"
>> and it proceeded to spend the next 18 hours spitting out "+" signs and
>> brief spurts of non-progress-indicating text.  After 18 hours I
>> decided to just pull the plug on the system and haven't tried again
>> since then.
>
>That was KDevelop, which has nothing to do with GCC. GCC is a command
>line compiler. I once had the same problem as you, but I had already
>been running Linux for years. My solution was to never try to use
>KDevelop again, and to stick to emacs.
>

Just dusted off a my Linux 8 install and booted it up.  I had saved a
copy of the HD image after my initial install.  Yeah, KDevelop 2.1.3
was what I ran.  Guess I won't use that!  Otherwise, I'd like to play
around with Linux.


Sorry about the Off-Topic stuff.. I'll close this discussion now.. 

// CHRIS