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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 The current directory.
 \item In your home directory, it looks for \file{.fpc.cfg}.
 \item In your home directory, it looks for \file{.fpc.cfg}.
 \item The directory specified in the environment variable
 \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}
 \end{enumerate}
 \item Under all other OSes:
 \item Under all other OSes:
 \begin{enumerate}
 \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
 \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)
 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
 % Reducing the size of your program
 \section{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 compiler allows you to specify the following variables in
 the paths that you feed to the compiler:
 the paths that you feed to the compiler:
 \begin{description}
 \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[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[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.
 \item[FPCOS] is replaced by the compiler's target OS.
 \end{description}
 \end{description}
 To have these variables subsituted, just insert them with a \var{\$}
 To have these variables subsituted, just insert them with a \var{\$}
 prepended, as follows:
 prepended, as follows:
 \begin{verbatim}
 \begin{verbatim}
--Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$FPCVER/rtl/$FPCOS
+-Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$FPCVERSION/rtl/$FPCOS
 \end{verbatim}
 \end{verbatim}
 This is equivalent to
 This is equivalent to
 \begin{verbatim}
 \begin{verbatim}