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+ fpc.cfg search better documented

michael 20 years ago
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@@ -626,7 +626,10 @@ for a configuration file \file{fpc.cfg} in the following places:
 \item The current directory.
 \item In your home directory, it looks for \file{.fpc.cfg}.
 \item The directory specified in the environment variable
-\var{PPC\_CONFIG\_PATH}, and if it's not set under \file{/etc}.
+\var{PPC\_CONFIG\_PATH}, and if it is not set, it will look in the 
+\file{etc} directory above the compiler directory. (for instance, if the
+compiler is in \file{/usr/local/bin}, it will look in \file{/usr/local/etc})
+\item In the directory \file{/etc}.
 \end{enumerate}
 \item Under all other OSes:
 \begin{enumerate}
@@ -724,93 +727,6 @@ Not only is it possible to compile a shared library under \windows and
 \linux, but also it is possible to take existing units and put them
 together in 1 static or shared library (using the \file{ppumove} tool)
 
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-% Creating an executable for GO32V1, PMODE/DJ targets
-\section{Creating an executable for GO32V1 and PMODE/DJ targets}
-\label{go32v1}
-
-The GO32V1 platform is officially no longer supported, so this section
-is of interest only to people who wish to make go32V1 binaries anyway.
-
-%
-% GO32V1
-%
-\subsection{GO32V1}
-When compiling under \dos, GO32V2 is the default target. However, if you use
-go32V1 (using the \var{-TGO32V1} switch), the
-compilation process leaves you with a file which you cannot execute right away.
-There are 2 things you can do when compiling has finished.
-
-The first thing is to use the \dos extender from D.J. Delorie to execute
-your program :
-\begin{verbatim}
-  go32 prog
-\end{verbatim}
-This is fine for testing, but if you want to use a program regularly, it
-would be easier if you could just type the program name, i.e.
-\begin{verbatim}
-  prog
-\end{verbatim}
-This can be accomplished by making a \dos executable of your compiled program.
-
-There two ways to create a \dos executable (under \dos only):
-\begin{enumerate}
-\item if the \file{GO32.EXE} is already
-installed on the computers where the program should run, you must
-only copy a program called \file{STUB.EXE} at the begin of
-the AOUT file. This is accomplished with the \file{AOUT2EXE.EXE} program.
-which comes with the compiler:
-\begin{verbatim}
-AOUT2EXE PROG
-\end{verbatim}
-and you get a \dos executable which loads the \file{GO32.EXE} automatically.
-the \file{GO32.EXE} executable must be in current directory or be
-in a directory in the \var{PATH} variable.
-\item
-The second way to create a \dos executable is to put
-\file{GO32.EXE} at the beginning of the \file{AOUT} file. To do this, at the
-command prompt, type :
-\begin{verbatim}
-COPY /B GO32.EXE+PROG PROG.EXE
-\end{verbatim}
-(assuming \fpc created a file called \file{PROG}, of course.)
-This becomes then a stand-alone executable for \dos, which doesn't need the
-\file{GO32.EXE} on the machine where it should run.
-\end{enumerate}
-
-%
-%
-
-% PMODE/DJ
-\subsection{PMODE/DJ}
-You can also use the PMODE/DJ extender to run your \fpc applications.
-To make an executable which works with the PMODE extender, you can simply
-create an GO32V2 executable (the default), and then convert it to a PMODE
-executable with the following two extra commands:
-\begin{enumerate}
-\item First, strip the GO32V2 header of the executable:
-\begin{verbatim}
-EXE2COFF PROG.EXE
-\end{verbatim}
-(we suppose that \file{PROG.EXE} is the program generated by the compilation
-process.
-\item Secondly, add the PMODE stub:
-\begin{verbatim}
-COPY /B PMODSTUB.EXE+PROG PROG.EXE
-\end{verbatim}
-If the \file{PMODSTUB.EXE} file isn't in your local directory, you need to
-supply the whole path to it.
-\end{enumerate}
-
-That's it. No additional steps are needed to create a PMODE extender
-executable.
-
-Be aware, though, that the PMODE extender doesn't support virtual memory, so
-if you're short on memory, you may run unto trouble. Also, officially there
-is not support for the PMODE/DJ extender. It just happens that the compiler
-and some of the programs it generates, run under this extender too.
-
-
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % Reducing the size of your program
 \section{Reducing the size of your program}
@@ -1484,18 +1400,17 @@ To avoid having to edit your configuration files too often,
 the compiler allows you to specify the following variables in
 the paths that you feed to the compiler:
 \begin{description}
-\item[FPCVER] is replaced by the compiler's full version string.
+\item[FPCFULLVERSION] is replaced by the compiler's version string.
+\item[FPCVERSION] is replaced by the compiler's version string.
 \item[FPCDATE] is replaced by the compiler's date.
-\item[FPCTARGET] is replaced by the compiler's target CPU
-(deprecated).
+\item[FPCTARGET] is replaced by the compiler's target (combination of CPU-OS)
 \item[FPCCPU] is also replaced by the compiler's target CPU.
-\item[TARGET] is replaced by the compiler's target OS (deprecated).
 \item[FPCOS] is replaced by the compiler's target OS.
 \end{description}
 To have these variables subsituted, just insert them with a \var{\$}
 prepended, as follows:
 \begin{verbatim}
--Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$FPCVER/rtl/$FPCOS
+-Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$FPCVERSION/rtl/$FPCOS
 \end{verbatim}
 This is equivalent to
 \begin{verbatim}