#1013 - anli - Mon Jan 13, 2003 12:18 pm
Hello!
I have done a very short document for newcomers in the win32 environment, using devkitadv.
An Installation-and-getting-started like document...
It can be found on
http://www.anderslinden.net/gba/starting_gbadev_in_win32.pdf
I would like to get comments on the correctness/relevance of the information.
Thanks in advance!
#1036 - Sweex - Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:44 pm
Hey Anli!
I just read through your document, and it seems alright. I didn't do the exact steps myself as I already set it up that way.
I am afraid though that such a document already existed for a while, perhaps more complete: http://www.gbadev.org/download.php?section=docs&filename=NGGBA.zip
Cheers!
.Sweex.
#1038 - anli - Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:49 pm
That URL did not exist...
Oh, wait, I found it
Hmm, that doc had a lot of information, I must say.
My document had another purpose.
Just to give the newcomer a minimum of information so he/she can
get the environment up.
/anli
#1150 - slapout - Wed Jan 15, 2003 2:11 am
I think when learning something new, it's good to have more than one resource. Different people tend to give different details. So I think you learn more overall.
#1781 - peebrain - Thu Jan 23, 2003 1:03 am
Right before you list the crt0.s and lnkscript you have a typo: "Theese are:" should be "These are:".
Another thing, you might want to specify that the tutorial is not for Windows 98 (what I'm running) because I don't have an advanced tab under the My Computer->Properties thingy for setting up environment variables.
"When you copy theese files" goes to "these" again... section 3, paragraph 3.
"projekt" -> "project" (Section 3, paragraph 6).
Other than that, it seems like an alright document. I'd prefer a HTML over a TeX file mainly because you can use images and it doesn't require Acrobat to load, but hey, that's your choice.
Keep up the good work. The more helpful docs, the better.
~Sean
#1798 - anli - Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:56 am
Thanks!
I will change the document a lot, because I have found a way to do things more simply.
Hmm, must correct the typos...
You can have images if you want in a LaTeX document. I only choosed to not have them.
Thanks for your input
/anli
#3024 - Saj - Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:58 pm
Hi Anli,
I read your doc & it kinda helped me to set up for windows.
( I like the way that you listed the order in which to install, as this isn't documented clearly elsewhere).
I think you should mention that you are setting up for the VISUAL C/C++ environment as this wasn't very clear from your doc. ( I guessed this from peebrain's response (environment variables, etc).
also I think you should mention GBA PROJECT APPWIZARD r2.6 - available at
http://www.gbadev.org/download.php?section=misc&filename=GBA_AW_r2-6_Setup.zip
As this neat little utility really simplifies the setting up process. -check out this thread -
http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=346
Also - I think it would be better as a plain text (.txt) file.
Anyways keep up the good work & thanks for the helpful doc.
-Saj. :)
#3061 - anli - Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:28 am
Hello! Thanks for the feedback!
Actually, I am not using Visual C++ and the documentation was not intended to be for that environment, but for plain command line usage.
There is also ways to make things simplier, so I will probably update the documentation. (When I get the time :)
//anli