From:	"Ron Aaron" <ron AT mrrrossbayeng DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.editors,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: announce: VIM5 release "v" for DOS
Date:	Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:27:02 -0800
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Dave,

Dave Pearson wrote in message ...
>On 3 Feb 1998 20:46:00 -0700, Smith A. Cat <imbe AT primenet DOT com> wrote:
>
>> You should NOT use the DOS binary in Win95 except when rebooting into DOS
>> mode.
>
>Any reason why?


Yes:
    a) because 16-bit exe support is not excellent under Win95
    b) because long-file-names aren't supported in the DOS version
    c) because the Win32 GUI version is much nicer to use under Win32
systems
    d) because the 16-bit version has inherent limits on file sizes, etc...

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