From: "Ben Davis" <ben AT vjpoole DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Weird Characters in Filenames
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:40:51 -0000
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Damian Yerrick wrote in message
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>"Ben Davis" <ben AT vjpoole DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>> I'm writing a DO$ game
>
>You include a dollar sign in DOS, implying that your
>game won't run on free Lineo DR DOS. Is that true?
>http://www.lineo.com/


Actually, I'm only having a go at Micro$oft. Though I haven't tested it in
MS-DOS equivalents, it should be pretty widely compatible.

<snip>


>I've xposted this to comp.os.msdos.programmer;
>they may know more about this.


Thanks. I wasn't sure if comp.os.msdos.djgpp was the right newsgroup.

<snip>

>> Another thing: do I need to allow for accented letters?
>
>They're legal in DOS, but Micro$oft Windows
>Explorer users cannot move or remove any file
>named with an above-ASCII (128-255) character.


Very well. I'll _remove_ my "E-acute-CRIRE.WRI" file 'write away'.

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Thanks for your help.

Ben Davis

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