From:	Wojciech Galazka <wgalazka AT chem DOT uw DOT edu DOT pl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP, interprocess communication, and DPMI
Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:54:26 +0200
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Both of these missing parts can be implemented quite easily if a
> more-or-less general-purpose communication were possible between two
> DOS boxes.  This project might just provide the machinery to make that
> happen.

AFAIK this is available using VxDs I can't recall but I must have
seen that piece of code somwhere in Dr Dobbs Journal once when I
was browsing their ftp site contents. But since that time their changed
the layout of the ftp site (prreviously I just grabbed the
whole archive then was digging the files)
 
> Making the above possible means, for example, that you could
> immediately realize such niceties in Emacs as integrated
> spell-checking, integrated debugger support, running a shell inside
> the editor's buffer, and more.
Hmm....can't imagene, how ? By invoking another DOS program and
passing some data to/from it?

> So I would urge you to continue development of this TSR, with the
> above applications in mind.  Thanks in advance!
Probably a mix of TSR and a VxD

> P.S.  To keep this project compatible with the spirit of DJGPP, it
> would be nice if it could be compiled with DJASM, although NASM is
> also OK.
Had he to use VxDs it wouldn't be easy to do this in DJASM :(
-- 
Wojciech Galazka
Computer Security Advisor

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