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From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP and Windows XP
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> From: sterten AT aol DOT com (Sterten)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 10 May 2004 13:49:31 GMT
> 
> to my surprise the path - thing worked now with cmd.exe  (but not with
> gwbasic-shell)
> I could also compile gcc-programs now in this mode !  But I'm probably not
> going to use it,
> since e.g. edit.com  (Microsoft-editor) nor my
> other favourite editor nor my directory or listing utilities work with cmd.exe
> (no error message, no reaction to key-strokes or mouse clicks, just a blinking
> cursor)

So find a different editor and different utilities that do the same.
Windows XP doesn't allow free access to the PC's hardware like DOS
did, so any program that does direct screen I/O or fiddles with VGA
registers will not work.

Time to upgrade to more modern utilities, I think.  I suggest Emacs as
the editor; it could also replace most, if not all, of your other
utilities, as the number of features built into Emacs is huge.

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