Mail Archives: djgpp/2012/04/28/03:27:02
> From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:29:35 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > Guess who are "the Windows dudes" these days ;-)
>
> Yeah, I remember you said something vaguely like that once, and I was
> (barely) surprised. You still use good ol' XP, right?
Yes, XP. Otherwise, I'd need a separate box just to run DJGPP
programs and build them.
> Is that all for "bidi" support or whatever?
What is "that" in this case? The XP box is my main development
machine, both for DJGPP and for Emacs. I did develop the
bidirectional editing support for Emacs on this box, with only minimal
help of a GNU/Linux machine (via PuTTY). But that's not the only
thing I did on it, or the only reason for having it. On my daytime
job I need to use Windows, so I need a working development environment
that I'm familiar with on that system. That is why I switched to
MinGW.
> > > However, from a quick search, it seems the big problem to them is 8.3
> > > filenames. I know you probably wouldn't like the idea, but I'd rather
> > > rely on DOSLFN (or, if hating VFAT, StarLFN) instead of dropping the
> > > port entirely.
> >
> > Requiring a Windows platform for building will probably be the first
> > step, yes.
>
> I don't see how you have to require Windows here, just DOSLFN (or
> StarLFN or similar). You could just as easily require DOSEMU or
> VirtualBox + FreeDOS + DOSLFN or whatever.
It is easier, and also more reliable, to require Windows. If DOSLFN
also works, so much the better.
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