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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 |
Organization: | Moss Bay Engineering |
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Distribution: | inet |
Message-ID: | <6baj0g$lbf@news.microsoft.com> |
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DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
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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