Re: [Dev-C++] What have I done this time? Thanks

[Roger F. <ra...@ha...>]

Aloha from Honolulu,
   First, a big thank you (Mahalo) to Alfred, Reid, and Malcolm for your 
help.
   Second, to Malcolm in particular: I started with wxDevC++ that had 
wxWidgets beta 6.3.  You responded to an earlier question of mine and 
suggested getting beta 6.4, which I did and mentioned in a thank You email:

    Re: [Dev-C++] wxWidgets, wxDevC++, Thanks

      I just want to say thank you to Malcolm for your patient
    explanation.  I downloaded the latest version of wxDevC++ with
    wxWidgets Beta 6.4. 

It was this version of wxDevC++ that asked if I wanted to precompile the 
header files.  It did this at the end of the installation process and 
warned that it would take some time (it took about 7 minutes).

The erroneous "*/"" was placed in the email during email composition.  I 
didn't use any of the original comments in the source files that I hand 
typed.  The original tutorial was in two columns.  The left had the code 
and the right the text.  When I first copy/paste'd I inserted the text 
in using the "/*...*/"" for comments.  The compiler shows comments in 
blue on my IDE, so it's hard to make a mistake.

As for the project file; I used the "wxWidgets Frame" and also the 
"Empty Project" at different times.  The problems occured no matter which.

   Third, to Alfred and Reid, can you explain what MinGW is?  I thought 
it _was_ part of DevC++ since it shows up in the "About" screen under 
the main "Help" menu.  Also, I have never used the command line to 
compile or run anything, since the IDE is so convenient and has all the 
messages etc. 

   Finally, once again, I thank you for the time you have taken to help 
me out and keep me going.   I have yet to follow up on all the advice 
you've given, but will soon.

BTW, yes, I'm using WinXP Pro.  I have made a second bootable partition 
ready for Linux, but haven't decided what distribution to use--does 
anyone have a preference/suggestion?  I have a SUSE 9.1 desktop live 
eval that came with an issue of Linux User magazine.  But this may be a 
subject for a different user group.

Mahalo, My Thanks to all,
Aloha,
Roger Furer