Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion
Date	2015-04-22 11:35 -0700
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Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 22/04/2015 16:43, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>> [...]
>>> The "man" page for gcc has little useful information - the real
>>> reference manual is easily found online:
>>>
>>> <https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/>
>>
>> You can also use "info gcc" if you have both the GNU "info" command and
>> the gcc documentation installed.
>
> The problem with gcc is that it's a monster. The only info file I can
> find on my Windows installation is "gcc.info", a 48,000-line text file
> full of literally thousands of options. Where do you start?
>
> (And that's if you've managed to find it in the first place,
> especially if you don't know it's called gcc.info. Apparently in my
> version, it's in .\share\info. Where else could it be!)

You start at the top, but you need an info viewer to view it.  If you
use emacs, it has an "info" mode; there's also a standalone "info"
program.

Given a reasonable info viewer, you'll get a view of the documentation
similar to what you'll find here:

    https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.1.0/gcc/

That's the same documentation formatted as HTML rather than in info
format.  (I think the "info" format predates HTML.)

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Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 08:18 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 08:25 -0700
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-04-21 10:56 -0500
      Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-22 09:35 +0200
        Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-22 11:15 -0400
          Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 01:31 +0200
        Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 08:43 -0700
          Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-22 18:57 +0100
            Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 11:35 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-21 12:01 -0400
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-04-21 16:01 +0000
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> - 2015-04-21 13:11 -0400
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 12:09 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-21 18:25 +0100
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 12:11 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 11:16 -0700

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