hi, first time, so anyone able to like explain this a bit more?
(it's the readme for installation):

Too make it even more convenient, add

	c:\dm\bin

to the PATH environment variable setting (c: is the drive it is
installed on).

To compile a simple hello.c program:

	\dm\bin\dmc hello

will compile and link to create hello.exe.


am i supposed to write "\dm\bin\dmc hello" somewhere?
place "hello" somewhere? why's there a space between "dmc"
and "hello"?..

alright, bye

Rageleai skrev:
> hi, first time, so anyone able to like explain this a bit more?
> (it's the readme for installation):
> 
> Too make it even more convenient, add
> 
> 	c:\dm\bin
> 
> to the PATH environment variable setting (c: is the drive it is
> installed on).
> 
> To compile a simple hello.c program:
> 
> 	\dm\bin\dmc hello
> 
> will compile and link to create hello.exe.
> 
> 
> am i supposed to write "\dm\bin\dmc hello" somewhere?

Yes, open a command prompt (start -> run -> cmd <enter>)
The rest of the commands are entered on the command line
that appear.
change the active folder to the folder in which you
have put hello.c:
cd "\myprograms\testing"

Then type:
\dm\bin\dmc hello
With a bit of luck you now have a hello.exe program in the
same folder, run in by running the command:
hello

> place "hello" somewhere? why's there a space between "dmc"
> and "hello"?..

\dm\bin is the path to the compiler, dmc is the name of the
compiler. hello is the name of your source code (the .c file)

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http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

very cool, bro, next step is to figure out how to edit these .c files. i've opened them in text documents (.cpp ones at least) and all these squares popped up. i'm guessing the textedit prog. won't recognize what are probably symbols. any ideas how to make /edit them is a bonus. k, bye

Rageleai skrev:
> very cool, bro, next step is to figure out how to edit these .c
> files. i've opened them in text documents (.cpp ones at least) and
> all these squares popped up. i'm guessing the textedit prog. won't
> recognize what are probably symbols. any ideas how to make /edit
> them is a bonus. k, bye

You can edit the .c and .cpp files in notepad, they are ordinary
text files.

But you might want to try out an editor designed for
programming, see:
http://www.digitalmars.com/archives/cplusplus/4914.html

You can down load wain from:
http://damb.dk/wain.php

-- 
Just another homepage:
http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

I tried to compile a hello.c program however, after I put the code
\dm\bin\dmc hello in cmd it gives me this
Fatal error: unable to open input file 'hello'
--- errorlevel 1
I'm not sure what the problem is, and I know the file is there, am I supposed to put it in a certain place within the folder?

Nolan skrev:
> I tried to compile a hello.c program however, after I put the code
> \dm\bin\dmc hello in cmd it gives me this
> Fatal error: unable to open input file 'hello'
> --- errorlevel 1
> I'm not sure what the problem is, and I know the file is there, am I supposed to
> put it in a certain place within the folder?

Try to write the extension of the file to compile as well:
\dmc\bin\dmc hello.c

-- 
Just another homepage:
http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

I'm still getting the same error.

Nolan wrote:
> I'm still getting the same error.

Then hello.c is not in your current directory. Use the "CD" command to change the current directory. Use "DIR" to see the contents of your current directory.