Mail Archives: djgpp/2002/06/23/02:45:32
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, oldCoder wrote:
>
>
>>>http://cmdedit.adoxa.cjb.net/
>>>
>>>Jason.
>>>
>>>
>>There's an even better 'command line editor,' and it comes with DJGPP:
>>BASH (Bourne Again SHell). It's _far_ more powerful than any flavor of
>>DOS box, especially when it comes to writing scripts (but I leave the
>>building of executables, etc., to MAKE), and the only reason I can think
>>of _not_ to use it would be the problems with Win2K/XP (which 2.0.4
>>seemed to mostly clear up).
>>
>
> Bash is great, but some DOS programs cannot be run from it,
> unfortunately. For example, 16-bit DPMI programs (the DPMI spec
> prohibits mixing 16-bit and 32-bit DPMI clients in the same session)
> and some other types of DOS-extended programs don't live well with 32-bit
> DPMI environment.
>
> If you never need to run such programs, Bash is for you.
>
I did not realize this, so I guess I've never run into any 16-bit DPMI
clients. Thx for the heads-up!
BTW, sorry I responded to U via email the other day; I'm rather new to
newsgroups and didn't realize that I was being notified of a new post.
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